Lawrence Lessig’s Reaction to McCain’s Technology Plan

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Lawrence Lessig’s Reaction to McCain’s Technology Plan

By CircleID Reporter
August 19, 2008, 6:14 pm PDT Views: 7,549 Add Comment

In reaction to U.S. republican presidential candidate John McCain’s release of his technology policy statement on August 14, Lawrence Lessig has released a video presentation criticizing the tech plan for lack of change to important issues such as broadband penetration declines in the country. Early during the video presentation, Lessig has this to say:

“...the single most important fact about internet’s development in last decade has been the extraordinary decline United States has faced with respect to our competitive partners. We started the Bush administration at no. 5, we will end at no. 22. And the question anybody should be asking about internet policy here, is why we did so poorly and what change there might be to reverse that decline. How will we change this decline and in particular in evaluating John McCain’s technology platform, we should be asking whether in his platform there is something new or something different from what he has be espousing to this date. Something that might actually reverse the consequences of policies which he himself has been largely responsible for supporting. Now as I evaluate his policy in light of this question, I just don’t see it. I don’t see what in his policy will affect a reverse in this decline.”

Listen to the rest of Lessig’s response in the video below:

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