Taking a break form the sexy for a minute to show you two videos that have really hit a positive nerve with me this week. One, the Larry Lessig TED talk about copyright, creative freedom, remix culture (and the criminalization thereof), and how companies trying to control content are alienating not just users but generations — the new cinema of transgression is indeed breeding online. (thanks, Jamie!)

The other is one you may have already seen; I’m sure the Kucinich video made the rounds this week but if you’ve been working like a laptop porn mine slave like I have, you may have missed it — and you don’t want to miss this one. It’s going to have you in your chair much in the same way Stephen Colbert did when he addressed the president (via Steve Dekorte’s blog):

BLITZER: Congressman Kucinich, I believe you’re the only person on this stage who had a chance to vote on the Patriot Act right after 9/11 who voted against it right away.

KUCINICH: That’s because I read it.

Both videos are embedded after the jump.

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Larry Lessig (20 minutes):

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Kucinich (2 minutes):