Lawrence Lessig has caused quite a stir with the publishing of his new book Free Culture. In it he argues that the current set of copyright laws are inherently flawed in favor of larger conglomerates instead of start-ups. For instance, Lessig uses the example of Disney who built their company's reputation by using various stories that were in the common domain (Snow White, Cinderella, Robin Hood etc...). But when it comes to their own intellectual property Disney is vigorous to extend their copyrights to almost a century in length.

Just to show he practices what he preaches Lessig released his book for free on the internet in addition to the print version (which is currently at 194 on Amazon). And since the book is published under a Creative Commons license people are free to use Lessig's work as long as there is proper attribution and no sale takes place. With that in mind several bloggers have come together to create an open source audiobook version of Free Culture. Worth Checkin' out.