There is still the illusion that if we could declare corporations are not people or that money is not speech, all would… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
I think the archaic idea is actually winner take all, because the principle of "one person, one vote" is a principle that… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
So uncritically do we accept the idea of property in ideas that we don't even notice how monstrous it is to deny… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
As more and more citizens express what they think, and defend it in writing, that will change the way people understand public… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
“[The Internet] affects democracy... As more and more citizens express what they think, and defend it in writing, that will change the… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
A time is marked not so much by ideas that are argued about as by ideas that are taken for granted. The… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
So uncritically do we accept the idea of property in culture that we don't even question when the control of that property… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Permission from the government is an expensive commodity. New ideas rarely have this kind of support. Old ideas often have deep legislative… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
I'm pushing for citizen equality not because of some moral idea, but because this is the essential way to crack the corruption… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
I am big supporter of the idea of a global anti-corruption movement - but one that begins by recognizing that the architecture… — 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
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