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在西方发达国家已成为法律学、公共管理学、商学、传播学、政治学和信息科学技术专业的必读书目。对于政府管理者、法律执业者、ICT企业管理者、创意产业从业者和广大信息工程技术人员来说，这的确是一本能够启迪思维的难得之作。在众多以网络为主题的书籍中，这是一本问世近10年但居然没有过时的书！于是，它成为了经典之作，荣膺学术名著和畅销读物两项桂冠。
作者简介
LawrenceLessigisaProfessorofLawatStanfordLawSchoolandfounderoftheschool'sCenterforInternetandSociety.PriortojoiningtheStanfordfaculty,hewastheBerkmanProfessorofLawatHarvardLawSchool,andaProfessorattheUniversityofChicago.HeclerkedforJudgeRichardPosneronthe7thCircuitCourtofAppealsandJusticeAntoninScaliaontheUnitedStatesSupremeCourt.Formuchofhiscareer,ProfessorLessigfocusedonlawandtechnology,especiallyasitaffectscopyright.HerepresentedwebsiteoperatorEricEldredintheground-breakingcaseEldredv.Ashcroft,achallengetothe1998SonnyBonoCopyrightTermExtensionAct.Hiscurrentacademicworkaddressesakindof"corruption."Hehaswonnumerousawards,includingtheFreeSoftwareFoundation'sFreedomAward,andwasnamedoneofScientificAmerican'sTop50Visionaries,forarguing"againstinterpretationsofcopyrightthatcouldstifleinnovationanddiscourseonline."ProfessorLessigistheauthorofRemix(2008),Codev2(2007),FreeCulture(2004),TheFutureofIdeas(2001)andCodeandOtherLawsofCyberspace(1999).HeisontheboardoftheCreativeCommonsproject,MAPLight,FreePress,BraveNewFilmFoundation,ChangeCongress,TheAmericanAcademy,Berlin,FreedomHouseandiCommons.org.HeisontheadvisoryboardoftheSunlightFoundationandLiveJournal.HehasservedontheboardoftheFreeSoftwareFoundation,theElectronicFrontierFoundation,thePublicLibraryofScience,andPublicKnowledge.HewasalsoacolumnistforWired,RedHerring,andtheIndustryStandard.ProfessorLessigearnedaBAineconomicsandaBSinmanagementfromtheUniversityofPennsylvania,anMAinphilosophyfromCambridge,andaJDfromYale.ProfessorLessigteachesandwritesintheareasofconstitutionallaw,contracts,andthelawofcyberspace.
