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Lawrence Lessig

Lester Lawrence "Larry" Lessig III (born June 3, 1961) is an American legal scholar and political activist. He is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the former director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. He is the founder of Creative Commons and Equal Citizens. Lessig was a candidate for the…

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Known for
founding Creative Commons and Equal Citizens
Movement
Free-culture movement · electoral reform movement
Education
University of Pennsylvania (BA, BS) Trinity College, Cambridge (MA) Yale University (JD)
Born
Lester Lawrence Lessig III (1961-06-03) June 3, 1961 (age 65) Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S.
Children
3
Political party
Democratic

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Lawrence Lessig → founding Creative Commons and Equal Citizens

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Epstein who had become wealthy through actions unrelated to their criminal convictionsinstance ofLessig acknowledged that universities should not take donations from convicted criminals0.80text
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