In this lecture (video below) from January 31st, 2008, Lessig sums up his work over the last years that lead him to create the Creative Commons licence and start a grassroot movement against lobbyism.

You'll watch one of the best presentations I have seen, speech-wise and slide-wise. You'll learn how and why copyright has grown to be a serious threat to free culture and media dialogues in the last century.

I came to see this because I wanted to see Rip - A remix Manifesto (trailer below) at the Amsterdam international documentary film festival. But it was sold out. So I'll have to wait for it to be finished...