Lawrence Lessig

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activist author human legal scholar professor

Lawrence Lessig is an American legal scholar and activist known for his work on copyright reform, internet freedom, and campaign finance, and as the founder of Creative Commons.

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Label	Occurrences
Lawrence Lessig canonical	11
Lessig	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20328 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lawrence Lessig
Context triple: [Yurii Rubinsky Memorial Award, hasNotableRecipient, Lawrence Lessig]

A. John Perry Barlow
John Perry Barlow was an American poet, essayist, and digital rights activist best known as a lyricist for the Grateful Dead and co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
B. Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow is a Canadian-British science fiction author, technology activist, and co-editor of the blog Boing Boing, known for his work on digital rights, copyright reform, and internet freedom.
C. Richard Stallman
Richard Stallman is an American software freedom activist and programmer best known for founding the Free Software Foundation and initiating the GNU Project, which laid the groundwork for the free and open-source software movement.
D. Gary King
Gary King is a prominent American political scientist and quantitative methodologist at Harvard University, known for his influential work in statistical methods for social science research.
E. Mitchell Kapor
Mitchell Kapor is an American entrepreneur and software pioneer best known for founding Lotus Development Corporation and co-creating the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet, as well as for his philanthropy and advocacy in technology and civil liberties.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Lawrence Lessig
Target entity description: Lawrence Lessig is an American legal scholar and activist known for his work on copyright reform, internet freedom, and campaign finance, and as the founder of Creative Commons.

A. John Perry Barlow
John Perry Barlow was an American poet, essayist, and digital rights activist best known as a lyricist for the Grateful Dead and co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
B. Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow is a Canadian-British science fiction author, technology activist, and co-editor of the blog Boing Boing, known for his work on digital rights, copyright reform, and internet freedom.
C. Richard Stallman
Richard Stallman is an American software freedom activist and programmer best known for founding the Free Software Foundation and initiating the GNU Project, which laid the groundwork for the free and open-source software movement.
D. Gary King
Gary King is a prominent American political scientist and quantitative methodologist at Harvard University, known for his influential work in statistical methods for social science research.
E. Mitchell Kapor
Mitchell Kapor is an American entrepreneur and software pioneer best known for founding Lotus Development Corporation and co-creating the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet, as well as for his philanthropy and advocacy in technology and civil liberties.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	activist ⓘ author ⓘ human ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ professor ⓘ
areaOfActivism	campaign finance reform in the United States ⓘ government corruption reform ⓘ net neutrality ⓘ open licensing ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ University of Pennsylvania ⓘ Yale Law School ⓘ
employer	Harvard Law School ⓘ Stanford Law School ⓘ University of Chicago Law School ⓘ
familyName	Lessig ⓘ linked to: Lawrence Lessig
fieldOfWork	campaign finance reform ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ copyright law ⓘ free culture movement ⓘ internet law ⓘ
founded	Creative Commons ⓘ
givenName	Lawrence ⓘ
hasAcademicDegree	Bachelor of Arts ⓘ Juris Doctor ⓘ Master of Arts ⓘ
hasRole	director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University ⓘ founding board member of Creative Commons ⓘ
knownFor	campaign finance reform advocacy ⓘ copyright reform advocacy ⓘ founding Creative Commons ⓘ internet freedom advocacy ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ linked to: Democratic Party
movement	campaign finance reform movement ⓘ free culture movement ⓘ open access movement ⓘ
name	Lawrence Lessig ⓘ
notableWork	Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace ⓘ Free Culture ⓘ Republic, Lost ⓘ The Future of Ideas ⓘ
occupation	law professor ⓘ political activist ⓘ writer ⓘ
positionHeld	professor at Harvard Law School ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yurii Rubinsky Memorial Award → hasNotableRecipient → Lawrence Lessig ⓘ

Creative Commons → foundedBy → Lawrence Lessig ⓘ

Creative Commons → hasBoardChair → Lawrence Lessig ⓘ

Lawrence Lessig → name → Lawrence Lessig ⓘ

Lawrence Lessig → familyName → Lessig ⓘ

linked to: Lawrence Lessig

open-source movement → hasKeyFigure → Lawrence Lessig ⓘ

Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace → author → Lawrence Lessig ⓘ

Free Culture → author → Lawrence Lessig ⓘ

The Future of Ideas → author → Lawrence Lessig ⓘ

Republic, Lost → author → Lawrence Lessig ⓘ

free culture movement → influencedBy → Lawrence Lessig ⓘ

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz → featuresInterviewWith → Lawrence Lessig ⓘ

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