At the recommendation of folks like Wes Fryer and Will Richardson, I have come to know and repect the name Lawrence Lessig as not only the world’s foremost authority on copyright and intellectual property issues, but a committed visionary and powerful speaker on the area of sharing resources. As chair of the Creative Commons project, he is the prefect person to bring to Hong Kong to launch Creative Commons in Hong Kong.

Whilst I will not be able to attend the Launch event on the Saturday, I will certainly make time for the “Free Culture and Free Society” Lecture at HKU on Friday evening.

I look forward to seeing some Hong Kong Teachers there (or at least the ones back from mid-term break!)

If you really have not read or thought widely on why a teacher needs to be active in the field of Creative Commons, you might like to read this recent post, Our Kids as Criminals from Richardson.