Lessig TV-interview on "corruption"

Larry Lessig was on Deadline, DR2, last night, a taped interview from his visit to the Danish Social Forum last weekend (see this post). Lessig explains his new focus on "corruption" and the "economy of influence" - and how his work on copyright isues has influenced his decision to devote the next 10 years to a new cause.

I mean "corruption" in the sense that the system is so queered by the influence of money that it can't even get an issue as simple and clear as term extension right. Politicians are starved for the resources concentrated interests can provide. In the US, listening to money is the only way to secure reelection. And so an economy of influence bends public policy away from sense, always to dollars. More at Lessigs Blog


The interview is well worth watching - you can either follow this link and watch via DRs DRM´ed Windows-only web player (for a limited period only) and scroll forward if it doesn't start at the right point - or watch it on Youtube (thanks, anonymous friend!).