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Lawrence Lessig quotes: Before the monopoly should be permitted, there must be reason to believe it will do some good - for society, and not just for monopoly holders.

Before the monopoly should be permitted, there must be reason to believe it will do some good - for society, and not just for monopoly holders.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: Legislation needs a better reason than that lawyers like it, and that America does it.

Legislation needs a better reason than that lawyers like it, and that America does it.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: I'm focused on solving the problem that would make it plausible for gov't to get back to solving real problems.

I'm focused on solving the problem that would make it plausible for gov't to get back to solving real problems.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: Code plus law is combining to reduce rights consumers used to have.

Code plus law is combining to reduce rights consumers used to have.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: Freedom is about stopping the past.

Freedom is about stopping the past.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: Some may not like the Constitution's requirements, but that doesn't make the Constitution a pirate's charter.

Some may not like the Constitution's requirements, but that doesn't make the Constitution a pirate's charter.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: Change the way we fund campaigns. Until we do, Wall Street will always be able to blackmail the Dems and GOP to giving them what Wall Street wants.

Change the way we fund campaigns. Until we do, Wall Street will always be able to blackmail the Dems and GOP to giving them what Wall Street wants.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us.

We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: Overregulation corrupts citizens and weakens the rule of law.

Overregulation corrupts citizens and weakens the rule of law.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: All around us are the consequences of the most significant technological, and hence cultural, revolution in generations.

All around us are the consequences of the most significant technological, and hence cultural, revolution in generations.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: The war against illegal file-sharing is like the church's age-old war against masturbation. It's a war you just can't win.

The war against illegal file-sharing is like the church's age-old war against masturbation. It's a war you just can't win.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: Remember the refrain: We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us. Freedom is about stopping the past, but we have lost that ideal.

Remember the refrain: We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us. Freedom is about stopping the past, but we have lost that ideal.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: We are on the cusp of this time where I can say, "I speak as a citizen of the world" without others saying, God, what a nut.

We are on the cusp of this time where I can say, "I speak as a citizen of the world" without others saying, God, what a nut.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: Politics is that rare sport where the amateur contest is actually more interesting than the professional.

Politics is that rare sport where the amateur contest is actually more interesting than the professional.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom.

A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: Creativity is enhanced by less-than-perfect control over what content is on the network.

Creativity is enhanced by less-than-perfect control over what content is on the network.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: While appropriation art is critical to art, it's an ambiguous art form in the world of the Supreme Court.

While appropriation art is critical to art, it's an ambiguous art form in the world of the Supreme Court.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: [I]t kind of terrified me to imagine myself spending the rest of my life tinkering on the margins of the small arguments.

[I]t kind of terrified me to imagine myself spending the rest of my life tinkering on the margins of the small arguments.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: [Congress] and their cronies secure more than one hundred billion dollars in corporate welfare

[Congress] and their cronies secure more than one hundred billion dollars in corporate welfare

Lawrence Lessig quotes: Writing is the Latin of our times. The modern language of the people is video and sound.

Writing is the Latin of our times. The modern language of the people is video and sound.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: I'm a lawyer. I make lawyers for a living.

I'm a lawyer. I make lawyers for a living.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: A free culture is not a culture without property; it is not a culture in which artists don't get paid.

A free culture is not a culture without property; it is not a culture in which artists don't get paid.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: Why should it be that just when technology ismost encouraging of creativity, the law should be most restrictive?

Why should it be that just when technology is
most encouraging of creativity, the law should be most restrictive?

Lawrence Lessig quotes: Money corrupts the process of reasoning.

Money corrupts the process of reasoning.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: If the law imposed the death penalty for parking tickets, we'd not only have fewer parking tickets, we'd also have muchless driving.

If the law imposed the death penalty for parking tickets, we'd not only have fewer parking tickets, we'd also have much
less driving.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: Law and technology produce, together, a kind of regulation of creativity we've not seen before.

Law and technology produce, together, a kind of regulation of creativity we've not seen before.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: Power runs with ideas that only the crazy would draw into doubt.

Power runs with ideas that only the crazy would draw into doubt.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: Copyrights have not expired, and will not expire, so long as Congress is free to be bought to extend them again.

Copyrights have not expired, and will not expire, so long as Congress is free to be bought to extend them again.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: When government disappears, it's not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place.

When government disappears, it's not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: Show me why your regulation of culture is needed. Show me how it does good. And until you can show me both, keep your lawyers away.

Show me why your regulation of culture is needed. Show me how it does good. And until you can show me both, keep your lawyers away.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: A free culture has been our past, but it will only be our future if we change the path we are on right now.

A free culture has been our past, but it will only be our future if we change the path we are on right now.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: One great feature of modern society is the institutionalized respect we give to processes designed to destroy the past.

One great feature of modern society is the institutionalized respect we give to processes designed to destroy the past.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: Technology means you can now do amazing things easily; but you couldn't easily do them legally.

Technology means you can now do amazing things easily; but you couldn't easily do them legally.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: Every generation welcomes the pirates from the last.

Every generation welcomes the pirates from the last.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: I don't support direct democracy because I want a life, and that means I want to select people who work for me who do that sort of work for me.

I don't support direct democracy because I want a life, and that means I want to select people who work for me who do that sort of work for me.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: Americans have been selling this view around the world: that progress comes from perfect protection of intellectual property.

Americans have been selling this view around the world: that progress comes from perfect protection of intellectual property.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: Monopoly controls have been the exception in free societies; they have been the rule in closed societies.

Monopoly controls have been the exception in free societies; they have been the rule in closed societies.

Lawrence Lessig quotes: All of the great Disney works took works that were in the public domain and remixed them.

All of the great Disney works took works that were in the public domain and remixed them.