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"[R]emarkably readable....Lessig weaves together fields not known for their ready accessibility: law, policy, networked computing, history of technology....[It carries a] political charge, heightened by the book's climactic, repeated calls to policy-level action. "

Lawrence Lessig and the Future of Ideas, Bryan Alexander, Mindjack, October 7, 2002

"This is a first-rate and important book to read....The Web won’t go away, and neither will P2P file sharing, nor the next big thing that comes down the Internet pipe.....Perhaps the pendulum has moved as far as it will in one direction, followed by the inevitable return. In the meantime, read The Future of Ideas. It’s well worth your time."

Book Review, Tom Zillner, Information Technology and Libraries vol.21, no.3, September, 2002.

"...[A]lthough Lessig's ideas are controversial, the central conclusion of The Future of Ideas is inarguable...."

Fate of the Commons, Lincoln Stein, New Architect Magazine, July, 2002

"[A]n important and well-argued book that will give even staunch cyber-utopians pause for thought."

The fate of the common idea, Dave Cosgrave, ITBusiness.ca, February 2002

Lawrence Lessig: The "Dinosaurs" Are Taking Over, Special Report -- The Future of e-Business, BusinessWeek Online, May 13, 2002

"[Lessig pulls] off a difficult trick -- he's written a book largely about the arcana of Internet protocols and intellectual property laws, and he's made it engaging and even enjoyable. He also helps readers understand what the insiders already know: How we deal with these issues matters."

The Enemies Of Innovation, Kurt Kleiner, National Journal Group Inc., Monday, April 29, 2002

"The [Future of Ideas] brims with brilliant insights and subtleties....[it] should be must reading for serious property rights thinkers about the Internet and otherwise."

How a country helps or hinders Internet with its copyright laws, Bruce Fein, The Washington Times, January 27, 2002

"[A] brilliant...exposition....[T]hanks to Code and The Future of Ideas...and a few other farsighted works, we need not be herded altogether passively into the global cyber-playpen."

The Control of Ideas, George Scialabba, The American Prospect, January 28, 2002

"[The] most important thinker on intellectual property in the Internet era....[The Future of Ideas] serves as a bleak summa of his thoughts on intellectual property....Lessig's real concern is that we return to the way America approached intellectual property throughout most of its history."

Righting Copywrongs, James Surowiecki, Talk of the Town: Financial Page, The New Yorker, January 21, 2002