Aside from the brilliance of his presentation style, Lessig has an important message. His message was that an internet 9/11 is coming, which will result in an internet version of the Patriot act. This work is already under way with the Identity gang and Kim Cameron at Microsoft. The identity layer, an identity metasystem will enable traceability and regulability. Lessig's call for action was to have we as technologists involved in framing and shaping the discussion in order to preserve the generative, free, Internet we enjoy currently. He offered no clear way for us to get involved short of getting off the PC and getting into the political arena to help counter the perception of the Internet as a series of 'tubes'.
I also got to ask him about the CC license and the Microsoft Zune. His reply was that DRM much like the Patriot Act was a poorly crafted, poorly implemented technology. He suggested that the conversation with Microsoft and Apple (even Apple is guilty of catering to the DRM Nazi's) has been started and that its an important one for the digital rights world.
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