If the only way a library can offer an Internet exhibit about the New Deal is to hire a lawyer to clear… — 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
As we've seen, our constitutional system requires limits on copyright as a way to assure that copyright holders do not too heavily… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Notwithstanding the fact that the most innovative and progressive space we've seen - the Internet - has been the place where intellectual… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
There is a culture among academics to be obscure. If you're too clear, you can't be saying anything interesting. The issue isn't… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
Change the way we fund campaigns. Until we do, Wall Street will always be able to blackmail the Dems and GOP to… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
In these times, the hardest task for social or political activists is to find a way to get people to wonder again… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
While the creative works from the 16th century can still be accessed and used by others, the data in some software programs… — 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 don't care if the Koch brothers or Soros spend their money to promote one candidate or another. I care about members… — 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
