For the last 10 years, Lawrence Lessig has been at the forefront of the Free Culture movement. At the iCommons summit, Lessig announced that he will stop working on Free Culture issues, and shift his work to fighting corruption:
I don’t want to be a part of that business. And more importantly, I don’t want this kind of business to be a part of public policy making. We’ve all been whining about the “corruption” of government forever. We all should be whining about the corruption of professions too. But rather than whining, I want to work on this problem that I’ve come to believe is the most important problem in making government work.
Best of luck, Professor Lessig! You make the world a better place, and we are all thankful! (via brewster)