Why should it be that just when technology is most encouraging of creativity, the law should be most restrictive? — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
This does not mean that every copyright must prove its value initially. That would be a far too cumbersome system of control.… — 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
Under the principle of equality, we should get as close to respecting equal votes of every citizen as we can, given our… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
The value of "one person, one vote," the value of equality, is a value that was given to us more than 50… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
While control is needed, and perfectly warranted, our bias should be clear up front: Monopolies are not justified by theory; they should… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
The principle, that should be a fundamental principle in our democracy, the principle of "one person, one vote," says that the vote… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
The Electoral College is a project that calls on their judgment. If we don't like it, we can talk about how to… — 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
Before the monopoly should be permitted, there must be reason to believe it will do some good - for society, and not… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Companies will often use the legal system to scare people away from attacking them. But we all should be free to make… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Copyright law has got to give up its obsession with 'the copy.' The law should not regulate 'copies' or 'modern reproductions' on… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
It might be crazy to expect a high government official to speak the truth. It might be crazy to believe that government… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Monopolies are not justified by theory; they should be permitted only when justified by facts. If there is no solid basis for… — 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
