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Lawrence Lessig: Restoring Faith in American Politics

04 min 36 sec

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Lawrence Lessig discusses the importance of finance reform on Capitol Hill and argues that large corporate political donations destroy the public's faith in a honest government.
Lawrence Lessig: Don’t Challenge Prop. 8 in Court

05 min 00 sec

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Lawrence Lessig says that while the victory of California's Proposition 8 was "horrible," challenging it in a court of law will only shift the focus from equality to activist judges.

He argues social action can only come from the democratic process, not a court ruling susceptible to conventional wisdom.
Lawrence Lessig: Monetizing the Hybrid Economy

03 min 27 sec

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Drawing from the examples of Flickr and Microsoft, Lawrence Lessig divides the American economy into "sharing" and "commercial" economies and discuses the "bizarre" ways they sometimes overlap.
Lawrence Lessig: GOP May Support Campaign Finance Reform

02 min 48 sec

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Lawrence Lessig discusses the mounting public support to limit campaign donations and argues that the "deeply sick" state of the Republican Party offers conservatives a chance to regroup around such an atypical move.

"If there's anytime when it’s possible, it would be now," he says.
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Alex_B

Posted: 02.05.09, 12:15 PM

Check out Lessig's end-of-Remix-book-tour interview. Talks about Colbert and what's next for his research. Trailer: tinyurl.com/b3k62q Full length: tinyurl.com/co4ktr