It turns out the celebrity Stanford lawprof can make us sound like squishy moderates on the issue:
In a contentious debate with Random House’s Richard Sarnoff, [Prof. Lessig] argued that the publishing industry’s lawsuit over Google’s book-scanning effort threatens the very soul of the Internet, and there was little doubt who he believes is to blame. “Why unleash lawyers on this issue? We know lawyers suck value out of an economy,” he said, to cheers from the audience.
(Lattman, Jun. 2).
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