Remember the refrain: We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us. Freedom is about stopping the past,… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
I think if the copyright regime focuses on the people we are supposed to be helping, the artists and creators, and builds… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
There are very few people in our society who are actually free to say what they believe. I am in an extremely… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
I advocate for protecting the liberty of the net, and securing privacy. I argue against people who believe both are somehow given… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom. — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
A free culture is not a culture without property; it is not a culture in which artists don't get paid. A culture… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
My claim is that we should focus on the values of liberty... If there is not government to insist on those values,… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
We live in a world with "free" content, and this freedom is not an imperfection. We listen to the radio without paying… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
It's fine to talk about politics with people you agree with. But it is rude to argue about politics with people you disagree with.… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
As I've indicated, most books go out of print within one year. The same is true of music and film. Commercial culture is sharklike.… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
I think the reality is that copyright law has for a very long time been a tiny little part of American jurisprudence, far removed… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Code plus law is combining to reduce rights consumers used to have. — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Remember the refrain: We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us. Freedom is about stopping the past, but we… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Politics is that rare sport where the amateur contest is actually more interesting than the professional. — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
But, like all metaphoric wars, the copyright wars are not actual conflicts of survival. Or at least, they are not conflicts for survival of… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
If the only way a library can offer an Internet exhibit about the New Deal is to hire a lawyer to clear the rights… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Some blame the drug companies. I don't. They are corporations. Their managers are ordered by law to make money for the corporation. They push… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
By the time Apple's Macintosh operating system finally falls into the public domain, there will be no machine that could possibly run it. The… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
