# Laws that choke creativity

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2007
- Speaker: Lawrence Lessig
- Year: 2007
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management, Law
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/lawrence_lessig_laws_that_choke_creativity)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Lawrence Lessig, the Net’s most celebrated lawyer, cites John Philip Sousa, celestial copyrights and the "ASCAP cartel" in his argument for reviving our creative culture.

## Lectures

1. [Laws that choke creativity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/lawrence_lessig_laws_that_choke_creativity/40b94cfe85b8), 19 min (TED's player)