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Lawrence LessigWe're pleased to announce that Lawrence Lessig, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, will be speaking at Mashable Connect, our signature conference.

During his talk, Lessig will share his vision on the future of digital creativity and technology innovation in a post SOPA and PIPA world.

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Mashable's largest conference, Mashable Connect, is returning to Orlando, FL from May 3-5, and this year we will explore the future of digital with some of the brightest minds in the industry.

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Lawrence Lessig is a global pioneer and leading expert in the area of contemporary copyright law and Internet privacy. His passion for freedom of creativity, particularly in the realm of digital technology, has resonated with a diverse community of professionals ranging from artists to computer scientists.

Prior to Harvard, Lessig was a professor at Stanford Law School, where he founded the schools Center for Internet and Society, and at the University of Chicago.

He clerked for Judge Richard Posner on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and Justice Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court.

Lessig is a founding board member of Creative Commons, an organization whose core mission is to advance digital creativity, sharing and innovation on the internet. One of his primary goals with Creative Common is to build a culture of free and legal online sharing, which is vital for the survival of the content industry.

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