Lessig

John is one of main reasons the Internet was supported by government through the salad days of its emergence into commerce, namely the 1990s. His personal influence over the Clinton Administration was vast, and alway wisely exercised. He was practical, down to earth, accessible, curious, fun to be with. He was a progressive in politics and engineering and entrepreneurship. He will be very very missed.

I appologize for the off topic post, but here goes:

The semester is almost over for my Intro to Information Studies class here at U of M. Online manditory "reading" for the class included a two hour movie of a debate between you and Jack Valenti at Harvard University, which I just watched. I wanted to compliment you on a job well done. My room mate and I stopped the movie several times to either comment on a good point you made, or to laugh at Valeni's propossed lack of understanding. I realize that this was filmed more than three years ago, so I am wondering if you have any new thoughts about the future of intelectual property rights considering all the changes copyright laws have gone through in the past several years.

you sshould helpp ou on her intelectual pper.

Sorry, couldn't help it.

The topic of my (response) paper was about what copyright laws should be to best benefit everyone, not about its future. I have already written and submitted the paper. I asked out of curiosity about Professor Lessig’s more current thoughts on the subject, my apologies for any lack of understanding.

Additionally, thank you for the mockery. I hope it made you feel like a better person. In any case, it reminded me that I need to use spellcheck.

I worked for John at GE in the 80's. He was a great guy and used to take his son to "play" at Dulles airport when he was a toddler so he'd know about what dad's life was like. He worked hard to lead GE Information Services out of the darkness into a new vision. I will miss him.