Editing Lawrence Lessig (section)

=== Legal challenges ===
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 | video1 =[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBIj9k6Fc80 Q&A: Lawrence Lessig] (58:48), [[C-SPAN]]<ref name="CSPAN A">{{cite web |title=Q&A: Lawrence Lessig |publisher=[[C-SPAN]] |date=November 21, 2011 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBIj9k6Fc80 |access-date=March 26, 2013 |archive-date=April 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420224046/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBIj9k6Fc80 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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 | video3 =[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhTUzNKpfio TEDxNYED – Lawrence Lessig] (19:07), [[TED (conference)|TEDx talks]]<ref name="TEDx C">{{cite web |title=TEDxNYED – Lawrence Lessig |publisher=[[TED (conference)|TEDx talks]] |date=March 6, 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhTUzNKpfio |access-date=March 26, 2013 |archive-date=July 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727022037/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhTUzNKpfio |url-status=live }}</ref>
 }}{{See also|Eldred v. Ashcroft}}

From 1999 to 2002, Lessig represented a high-profile challenge to the [[Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act]]. Working with the [[Berkman Center for Internet and Society]], Lessig led the team representing the plaintiff in ''[[Eldred v. Ashcroft]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2002/10/lessig-3/|title=Lawrence Lessig's Supreme Showdown|magazine=WIRED|access-date=2018-10-11|language=en-US|archive-date=October 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025135138/http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/10.10/lessig_pr.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The plaintiff in the case was joined by a group of publishers who frequently published work in the [[Public domain in the United States|public domain]] and a large number of ''[[Amicus curiae|amici]]'' including the [[Free Software Foundation]], the [[American Association of Law Libraries]], the [[Bureau of National Affairs]], and the [[College Art Association]].

In March 2003, Lessig acknowledged severe disappointment with his Supreme Court defeat in the Eldred copyright-extension case, where he unsuccessfully tried to convince Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who had sympathies for de-regulation, to back his "market-based" approach to intellectual property regulation.<ref>Lessig Backs Away From Copy Fights In Courts, Congress. Washington Internet Daily 4 (42). March 4, 2003.</ref>

In August 2013, Lawrence Lessig brought suit against Liberation Music PTY Ltd., after Liberation issued a takedown notice of one of Lessig's lectures on YouTube that had used the song "[[Lisztomania (song)|Lisztomania]]" by the band [[Phoenix (French band)|Phoenix]], whom Liberation Music represents.<ref name="complaint">{{cite web |url=https://www.eff.org/document/lessig-v-liberation-music-complaint |title=Lessig v. Liberation Music – Complaint |publisher=United States District Court |work=Electronic Frontier Foundation website |date=August 22, 2013 |access-date=February 28, 2014 |archive-date=April 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408081602/https://www.eff.org/document/lessig-v-liberation-music-complaint |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Record Label Picks Copyright Fight—With The Wrong Guy |author=Laura Sydell |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/09/27/226834651/record-label-picks-a-fight-over-copyright-with-the-wrong-guy |newspaper=npr.org |date=September 27, 2013 |access-date=September 28, 2013 |archive-date=September 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927225057/http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/09/27/226834651/record-label-picks-a-fight-over-copyright-with-the-wrong-guy |url-status=live }}</ref> Lessig sought damages under section 512(f) of the [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]], which holds parties liable for misrepresentations of infringement or removal of material.<ref name="dmca 512">{{cite web |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/512 |title=17 U.S. Code §&nbsp;512 – Limitations on liability relating to material online |publisher=Cornell University Law School |work=Legal Information Institute |access-date=February 28, 2014 |archive-date=February 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225221912/http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/512 |url-status=live }}</ref> Lessig was represented by the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] and [[Jones Day]].<ref name="billboard">{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/legal-and-management/5922856/liberation-resolves-copyright-issue-with-lawrence |title=Liberation Resolves Copyright Issue with Lawrence Lessig, Admit 'Mistakes' Were Made |publisher=Billboard.com |work=Billboardbiz |date=February 28, 2014 |access-date=February 28, 2014 |author=Brandle, Lars |archive-date=March 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304032627/http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/legal-and-management/5922856/liberation-resolves-copyright-issue-with-lawrence |url-status=live }}</ref> In February 2014, the case ended with a settlement in which Liberation Music admitted wrongdoing in issuing the takedown notice, issued an apology, and paid a confidential sum in compensation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Twórca Creative Commons wygrał sprawę o bezprawne skasowanie filmu z YouTube'a |url=http://techlaw.pl/lawrence-lessig-youtube-liberation-music/ |publisher=Techlaw.pl |access-date=February 28, 2014 |date=February 28, 2014 |archive-date=January 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103024342/http://techlaw.pl/lawrence-lessig-youtube-liberation-music/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="sydell2">{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/02/27/283554774/a-win-for-fair-use-after-a-record-label-picked-wrong-guy-to-sue |title=A Win For Fair use After Record Label, Copyright Lawyer Settle |publisher=NPR |work=All Tech Considered |date=February 27, 2014 |access-date=February 28, 2014 |author=Sydell, Laura |archive-date=February 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228132743/http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/02/27/283554774/a-win-for-fair-use-after-a-record-label-picked-wrong-guy-to-sue |url-status=live }}</ref>