Innovations shouldn't be restricted with orthodox policies and bureaucracies, he said. India is one of the biggest resources of English speaking human resource for Internet technologies. And there's nothing external that prevents the country from making the most out of its large pool of talent, said Mr Lessig. But he raised concern on how innovation, the key driver for the growth of Internet, was being restricted due to traditional bureaucracies, irrelevant legal restrictions, license regimes etc.

These things be kept out of Internet. Let Internet be a platform, allowing innovators who are unable to cross through such hassles.

Mr Lessig gave an example of how an AT&T's decision on an innovative networking technology discouraged the freedom to create newer alternative technologies.

Citing another example of the success of Hotmail founder Sabeer Bhatia, Mr Lessig said Bhatia didn't have to negotiate with the bureaucracies and regulatory bodies succeed in the US, where he came as an alien. Internet offered him a podium to place his innovative idea before the world. It's the feature of the Internet that no one needs to prove himself before anybody before proving it before the world, he pointed out.

The Harvard Law School professor also called for nationalisation of bureaucracy. He urged the Indians to demand for the right to connect, freedom to innovate, freedom to put ideas on the Internet and easier processes to work on an idea.