Lawrence Lessig - Founder
Creative Commons

Lawrence Lessig is a Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and founder of the school's Center for Internet and Society. A long-time advocate for copyright reform and information freedom, he is the founder and architect of Creative Commons, a non-profit organization dedicated to grassroots copyright reform through the means of “provid[ing] free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry.” Prof. Lessig is also a founder of the Electronic Freedom Foundation, a nonprofit organization which advocates for the rights of users of digital media. He is an in-demand speaker and writer on the topics of Constitutional law, contracts, digital rights, and cyberspace law.