Exit Larry, Enter Joi

April 1, 2008

As a sometime musician and a creator of online content, Creative Commons means a lot to me. I have heard Larry Lessig speak and while I don’t agree with everything he says, it is done with conviction that has to be admired and when it comes to creativity, etc, I find it difficult to disagree.

Well, today,Larry Lessig stepped down from the leadership of Creative Commons to focus on Change Congress. He will be replaced by Joi Ito, who has long been involved with Creative Commons and is a worthy successor

Personally, my biggest interest in the Creative Commons effort is with Science Commons. If we are to build a true data commons, then Science Commons is likely to play an important role. The organization does not quite have the visibility in the scientific community that it should have and I hope that changes over the next couple of years

Here is the press release

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