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Lawrence Lessig: Don’t Want Another SOPA? Get Money Out of Politics

We’ve seen an explosion in the number and effectiveness of online political movements over the past year: Occupy Wall Street, the efforts against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Arab Spring each had some digital component. Lawrence Lessig, Harvard law professor and Internet activist, believes this kind of online activism can’t be directed from the top-down, but can — and should — be “nudged, fed and respected” by those involved. In a speech delivered to the audience at Mashable Connect on Friday, Lessig compared online political movements...

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Published By: Mashable - Friday, 4 May, 2012