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- Lessig Bets On the Net To Clean Up Government
  Posted by Jeff from Slashdot
  Larry Lessig really 'gets it' when it comes to the efficacy of distributed open source code production. Now he is attempting to use distributed production methods to expose corruption in the US Congress with the launch of another 'CC' organization - this time it's called 'Change Congress'. CC (as opposed to cc for Creative Commons) would invite users to track whether US legislators are willing to commit to Change Congress' four pledges. CC will rely on users to record and map the positions of candidates who are running for open seats in the US House and Senate. Change Congress will use a Google mash-up to create a map depicting which legislators have taken the CC pledge, which have declined, and which have signaled support for planks in the Change-Congress platform
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- Lessig Campaign and the Change Congress Movement
  Posted by Jeff from Slashdot
  Larry Lessig has created a Lessig08 website, and it looks like he is getting serious about running for congress. In his introduction video he proposes the creation of a national "Change Congress" movement which would try to limit the influence of money in the electoral and legislative processes. Having a technologically savvy representative and a clear intellectual leader to head this kind of movement is exactly what we need to counter the last 8 years of corporate dominance in government
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- Lessig: Make Way for Copyright Chaos
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  But 20 months ago, the Supreme Court reversed this wise policy of deference. Drawing upon common law-like power, the court expanded the Copyright Act in the Grokster case to cover a form of liability it had never before recognized in the context of copyright — the wrong of providing technology that induces copyright infringement. It announced this new form of liability even though at precisely the same time Congress was holding hearings about whether to amend the Copyright Act ...
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Jeff comments on:
Lessig Bets On the Net To Clean Up Government

Thanks Carola!

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10:27 pm 3/26/08
tigerkarn comments on:
Lessig Bets On the Net To Clean Up Government

Go for it Larry. Tigerkarn

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4:23 pm 3/21/08
newscloud2 comments on:
Lessig Bets On the Net To Clean Up Government

I think the timing is great for this effort. I applaud Lessig’s activism.

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12:04 pm 3/21/08
Lilyhill comments on:
Lessig Bets On the Net To Clean Up Government

Now "we the people" will have another strong, organized voice in how we are governed. Maybe this process will also help more understand how government works – or should work – and decisions can be made more on factual information and less on emotional advertising.

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11:59 am 3/21/08
Jeff comments on:
Lessig Campaign and the Change Congress Movement

This is quite exciting. It’s happening this year and it could help back up Obama’s pledges to reduce financial power of lobbyists in Washington.

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2:20 pm 2/20/08
Jon comments on:
Lessig: Make Way for Copyright Chaos

Definitely worth a read: Lessig is one of the more interesting legal minds out there.

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9:13 am 3/18/07