If the Internet teaches us anything, it is that great value comes from leaving core resources in a commons, where they're free for people to build upon as they see fit.

Lessig has known president Barack Obama since their days of both teaching law at the University of Chicago and had been mentioned as a candidate to head the Federal Communications Commission which regulates the telecommunications industry. A. In a press conference on March 20 2008 Lessig explained that he hoped the Change Congress website would help provide technological tools voters could use to hold their representatives accountable and reduce the influence of money on politics.

He is director of the Edmond J. Lessig is a founding board member of Creative Commons and the founder of Rootstrikers and is on the board of MapLight. Previously he was a professor of law at Stanford Law School and founder of the Center for Internet and Society.