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Wiki Workshop 2022

How Can the Internet Be So Bad and So Good? The Lessons We Must Draw and That Wiki Must Teach

04/25/22

Keynote from Wiki Workshop 2022 by Lawrence Lessig - "How can the Internet be so bad and so good: The lessons we must draw and that Wiki must teach" See here for more information: https://wikiworkshop. org/2022/#schedule

CodeX FutureLaw 2022 Conference

Computational Law and the Metaverse (Do Virtual Realities Need Law?)

04/07/22

Proponents of the Metaverse tout an interactive, virtual environment of the near future where people will spend substantial portions of their lives. If this vision arises, some worry about novel legal issues ranging from digital land ownership to virtual sexual harrassment. Do such ubiquitous, virtual realities need a legal framework? This panel will examine the “Law of the Metaverse”, examining closely some of

The Birth of Wikipedia and the Future of the Internet

Reflecting on Wikipedia after 20 years and its impact on the internet, education and society

12/09/21

The Directors of Christie's invite you to a panel discussion with panelists, Jimmy Wales, Co-Founder, Wikipedia; and Lawrence Lessig, Co-Founder, Creative Commons & Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard Law School. Moderated by Peter Klarnet, Christie's Senior Specialist, Books and Manuscripts.

Democracy: a Harvard Law School Lecture Series

Session 3: Social Media and Democracy

11/15/21

A Nov. 15 panel on Social Media and Democracy featuring Nate Persily (Stanford Law), Jamal Greene (Columbia Law), and Tristan Harris (Center for Humane Technology), moderated by Harvard Law School Professor Lawrence Lessig. In the last few years, politicians, activists, academics, among many others, have become increasingly concerned about the role of social media in American democracy. The concerns are myriad. They

Could This ONE CHANGE Cut Down on the Spread of Facebook MISINFORMATION?

TYT The Conversation

11/08/21

Cenk Uygur interviews Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig about the dangers behind Facebook's AI and how it spreads hate speech.

Will Facebook Face A Reckoning After Leaked Documents?

Greater Boston GBH News

10/27/21

Disturbing information about Facebook’s practices continue to come to light, thanks to whistleblower Frances Haugen. Adviser to Haugen and Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig joined Jim Braude to discuss the latest allegations against the tech company.

#CCSummit2021 Keynote by Lawrence Lessig

Creative Commons Summit 2021

09/23/21

The 2021 CC Global Summit was our biggest yet—the week-long event welcomed 330 speakers from all over the world and 170+ sessions! This year, we hosted five keynotes from global leaders in the open movement, who shared their work in open data, science and health, software and law. This is a recording of our final keynote of the CC Global Summit by Lawrence Lessig,

Smart Contracts and DApps

MIT OpenCourseWare

01/23/20

This session covers smart contracts, blockchain design, DApps, and tokens. Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig explains the legal issues of smart contracts [time stamp: 33:28].

Déjà vu all over again: Thinking through law & code, again

Blockchain Workshops

12/11/15

Keynote given at the #BlockchainSYD workshop, December 11, 2015, Sydney, Australia

Lawrence Lessig Interviews Edward Snowden

Harvard Law School

10/20/14

HLS Professor Lawrence Lessig interviewed Edward Snowden at Harvard Law School on Oct. 20.

Internet Access Issues

C-SPAN

02/07/06

A hearing on Internet neutrality was held to consider overhauling sections of the Telecom Act of 1996. The net neutrality issue focused on common carriage responsibilities of broadband providers in light of larger IP services pushed to consumers. Two panels of witnesses testified on possible legislation requiring broadband services providers to reserve equal bandwidth for competing services. [Time Stamp: 1:31:35] Lawrence Lessig

Future of the Internet

C-SPAN

03/26/04

Technology experts talked about Internet infrastructure and the potential impact of broadband technology on the future of the Internet. Among the issues they addressed were principles for policymakers to consider in order to keep the Internet an open environment for innovation, the role of the Federal Communications Commission , and legal issues surrounding Internet access. [Time Stamp: 21:45] Lawrence Lessig

The Future of Ideas

PBS Charlie Rose

01/04/02

Lawyer Lawrence Lessig discusses copyright law, AOL Time Warner, and the issue of open access.