Editing Lawrence Lessig (section)

== Awards and honors ==
In 2002, Lessig received the [[Award for the Advancement of Free Software]] from the [[Free Software Foundation]] (FSF).<ref name="Fsf.org"/> He also received the [[Scientific American|Scientific American 50 Award]] for having "argued against interpretations of copyright that could stifle innovation and discourse online."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-scientific-american-5-2002-11-11/|title=The Scientific American 50 Award|work=Scientific American|access-date=January 13, 2016|archive-date=February 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206084956/http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-scientific-american-5-2002-11-11/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2006, Lessig was elected to the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2006/april26/aaas-042606.html |title=Eight scholars elected to academy of arts and sciences |publisher=News-service.stanford.edu |date=2006-04-24 |access-date=2011-01-23 |archive-date=April 28, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060428093512/http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2006/april26/aaas-042606.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2011, Lessig was named to the [[Fastcase#Fastcase 50|Fastcase 50]], "honoring the law's smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fastcase.com/fastcase50-winners-2011/|title=Fastcase 50|access-date=January 13, 2016|archive-date=February 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205132505/http://www.fastcase.com/fastcase50-winners-2011/|url-status=live}}</ref> Lessig was awarded honorary doctorates by the Faculty of Social Sciences at [[Lund University]], Sweden in 2013 and by the [[Université catholique de Louvain]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sam.lu.se/about-the-faculty/honorary-doctors/honorary-doctor-2013 |title=Honorary Doctor at the Faculty of Social Sciences 2013 |access-date=December 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219233027/http://www.sam.lu.se/about-the-faculty/honorary-doctors/honorary-doctor-2013 |archive-date=December 19, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uclouvain.be/docteurshonoriscausa2014.html|title=Fête de l'université 2014 - Doctorats honoris causa|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130071507/http://www.uclouvain.be/docteurshonoriscausa2014.html|archive-date=January 30, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Lessig received the [[2014 Webby Awards|2014 Webby Lifetime Achievement]] award for co-founding Creative Commons and defending net neutrality and the [[free and open software]] movement.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2014/special-achievement/webby-lifetime-achievement/lawrence-lessig |title=The Webby Awards Gallery |year=2014 |access-date=2014-04-30 |archive-date=May 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140501121934/http://webbyawards.com/winners/2014/special-achievement/webby-lifetime-achievement/lawrence-lessig |url-status=live }}</ref>