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Who is Lawrence Lessig?
Lawrence Lessig is a well-known American academic, attorney, and political activist. Lawrence Lessig is currently the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. In collaboration with The Young Turks Network, he also hosts the podcast Another Way. Lawrence is the former director of Harvard University’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics.
Early Life and Childhood
Lawrence Lessig was born in the United States on June 3, 1961, in Rapid City, South Dakota. He is sixty years old. Every year on June 3rd, Lawrence celebrates his birthday.
Lawrence is the son of real estate agent Patricia (West) and engineer Lester L. “Jack” Lessig. Leslie Lessig is his sister’s name.
Education Details
Lawrence Lessig earned a Bachelor’s degree in economics from Pennsylvania University in 1983. Lawrence later attended Cambridge University, where he earned a master’s degree in philosophy in 1986.
He also studied law at the University of Chicago. Lawrence received his Doctor of Law degree from Yale Law School in 1989.
Professional Career
On March 28, 2004, Lessig was elected to the FSF’s board of directors. The concept of “free culture” was proposed by Lawrence.
Lawrence also believes in free and open-source software, as well as an open spectrum.
A few minutes of his free culture keynote speech at the O’Reilly Open Source Convention 2002 were about software patents, which he sees as a growing threat to free software, open-source software, and innovation.
Lawrence joined the Digital Universe project’s advisory board in March 2006. Lawrence gave a talk on the ethics of the Free Culture Movement at the 2006 Wikimania conference after a few months.
His December 2006 lecture, On Free and the Differences Between Culture and Code, was one of the highlights of 23C3. Who can you rely on?
He is the author of the 2008 book Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy. Bloomsbury Academic made the remix available for free download and remixing under the Creative Commons CC BY-NC license.
The book is still accessible through the Internet Archive.
Remix book details a hypothesis about the societal effect of the Internet, and how this will affect the production as well as consumption of popular culture to a “remix culture”.
In collaboration with The Young Turks Network, he also hosts the podcast Another Way. His podcast Another Way is a weekly podcast that focuses on how we can reform and improve our democracy.
Lawrence was a Berkman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School from 1997 to 2000, where he was affiliated with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.
Lawrence later joined Stanford Law School, where he founded the Center for Internet and Society.
Net Worth and Salary
Lawrence Lessig earns an annual salary of $90,128.
Lawrence has amassed a sizable fortune over the course of his career. Lawrence’s net worth is estimated to be $947,871.
Relationship Status
Lawrence Lessig is married to Bettina Neuefeind, a Harvard University colleague of German origin.
In 1999, the couple married. Willem, a Crypto-Miner, Coffy, a streamer, and Tess are Lawrence and Bettina Neuefeind’s three children.
Body Measurements
He stands taller than average. Lawrence is 5 feet 11 inches tall (Approx. 1.78 m).
Social Media
His Twitter handle is @lessig.
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Trivia
- Lawrence was born on June 3, 1961, in Rapid City, South Dakota, USA.
- He is married to Bettina Neuefeind, a Harvard University colleague of German origin.
- Lawrence is a well-known American academic, attorney, and political activist.
- In collaboration with The Young Turks Network, he also hosts the podcast Another Way. He is the former director of Harvard University’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics.
- Lawrence is 5 feet 11 inches tall (Approx. 1.78 m).
