This is a 20 minute panel discussion with Larry Lessig and a couple of other Internet pioneers and visionaries that will inform you about some of the big picture issues facing the Internet today.  At about 4:30 into the video, Larry Lessig talks about a discussion he had in the past with Richard Clarke about the possibility of draconian legislation in the form of a cyber-Patriot Act that could greatly restrict how we use the Internet today. Interesting stuff, but take it with a big grain of salt - they are hypothesizing for the most part in this video, not talking pure facts.