Thursday, February 21, 2008

Lessig wants to build a "creative commons in Congress"

Ars has a great post about Lessig, including (most importantly) a little bit about what a Lessig platform would look like!

The highlights:
  • He wants to ban legislative earmarks
  • [H]e will swear off contributions from lobbyists or political action committees
  • [H]opes to encourage more robust public financing of campaigns
  • a free-trade, pro-market liberal
With the "netroots" movement seeking to draft him for Congress, prominent cyberlawyer Lawrence Lessig talks to Ars Technica about why he might run—and what a Lessig platform would look like.

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