Lawrence Lessig leaves IP
Larry, who was my original mentor back at law school, says he is leaving copyright, cyber-law and related fields.  Instead — his considerable energies are directed to “corruption” of the political process.  He mentioned this to me in Bonn earlier this year but I didn’t quite realise it was happening.
I can’t help feeling that its like that part in the Lord of the Rings when the elves start leaving middle-earth…