- Law and legislation, Cyberspace, Social aspects, Social aspects of Cyberspace
Although the book is named Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace, Lessig uses this theme sparingly. It is a fairly simple concept: since cyberspace is entirely human-made, there are no natural laws to determine its architecture.
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Cool, earnest, classical in form and grave.
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Lawrence Lessig
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 416
- Publisher
- ReadHowYouWant, Perseus Running [distributor], Taurus
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9788496453388
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“A decade ago, in the Spring of 1989, Communism in Europe died—collapsed, as a tent would fall if its main post were removed.”
Lawrence "Larry" Lessig is an American academic and political activist. He is best known as a proponent of reduced legal restrictions on copyright, trademark, and radio frequency spectrum, particularly in technology applications. He is a director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University and a professor of law at Harvard Law School. Prior to rejoining Harvard, he was a professor of law at Stanford Law School and founder of its Center for Internet and Society. Lessig is a founding board member of Creative Commons, a board member of the Software Freedom Law Center and a former board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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