Copyright Quote by Sarah Jeong

“You can't copyright a urinal. But you could probably copyright a sculpture of a urinal. And like Duchamp's famous work, code is both, at the same time.” quote by Sarah Jeong — Download Open image

“You can't copyright a urinal. But you could probably copyright a sculpture of a urinal. And like Duchamp's famous work, code is both, at the same time.”

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Whenever a copyright law is to be made or altered, then the idiots assemble.

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