[The Unknown Transcriber has done a --- oh, heck, I can't use "superlative" any more -- stunningly excellent job transcribing this [applause]. I especially like how Lessig contextualizes Swartz's death as a consequence of corruption. It's all about the rents, baby! --lambert]
This is the full transcript of "Aaron's Laws" talk given by Lawrence Lessig at Harvard on February 19. A good summary of the talk, by Harvard second-year law student Eric Rice, is here.
Outline of talk:
Intro
Part 1: Aaron
Part 2: Aaron's works – B©, ©, A©
Part 3: As a citizen
Part 4: The "crime"
Part 5: Godzilla meets Jefferson and Thoreau
Part 6: Aaron's laws
Closing: Aaron and us
Audience Q&A
1. The arrest, MIT and Secret Service, and Abelson report?
2. What to do about prosecutorial overreach, especially for those who don't have Aaron's connections?
3. Easy for lawyers to make things worse, how to make things better?
4. MIT Office of General Counsel running things, not educators? Lawyers huge part of the problem?
5. Aaron's third law – how to clean up campaign financing?
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