Lawrence Lessig Says Democrats Suck at Free Culture

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Lawrence Lessig Says Democrats Suck at Free Culture

In this TEDTalk from April, Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig argues that Republicans are better at community creativity.

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By Anarcissie, June 4, 2010 at 9:00 pm Link to this comment

It’s not about rocking the boat. Follow the money.

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By Flummox, June 4, 2010 at 12:01 pm Link to this comment

I’d believe it. Democrats are afraid that creativity will rock the boat too much and, being just not politically realistic and therefore unserious, want to dampen it down a bit.

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By MarthaA, June 3, 2010 at 12:19 pm Link to this comment

Conservative Right-Wing Republican EXTREMISTS and Conservative/Moderate Republican Lite EXTREMISTS on the Left have definitely exploited the 70% majority populace.

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By Anarcissie, June 3, 2010 at 10:42 am Link to this comment

Well, it’s a bit much to conflate Democrats and the Left.

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