# Larry Lessig on laws that choke creativity

Larry 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.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2007
- Runtime: 19 min
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education, Science
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/LarryLessig_2007)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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