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Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "The war against illegal file-sharing is like the church's age-old war against masturbation. It's a war you just can't win."

The war against illegal file-sharing is like the church's age-old war against masturbation. It's a war you just can't win.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "Creation always involves building upon something else. There is no art that doesn't reuse. And there will be less art if every reuse is taxed by the appropriator."

Creation always involves building upon something else. There is no art that doesn't reuse. And there will be less art if every reuse is taxed by the appropriator.




Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "Before the monopoly should be permitted, there must be reason to believe it will do some good - for society, and not just for monopoly holders."

Before the monopoly should be permitted, there must be reason to believe it will do some good - for society, and not just for monopoly holders.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "Monopoly controls have been the exception in free societies; they have been the rule in closed societies."

Monopoly controls have been the exception in free societies; they have been the rule in closed societies.




Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "We are on the cusp of this time where I can say, "I speak as a citizen of the world" without others saying, "God, what a nut.""

We are on the cusp of this time where I can say, "I speak as a citizen of the world" without others saying, "God, what a nut."



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "If the Internet teaches us anything, it is that great value comes from leaving core resources in a commons, where they're free for people to build upon as they see fit."

If the Internet teaches us anything, it is that great value comes from leaving core resources in a commons, where they're free for people to build upon as they see fit.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom."

A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom.




Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "Of all the creative work produced by humans anywhere, a tiny fraction has continuing commercial value. For that tiny fraction, the copyright is a crucially important legal device."

Of all the creative work produced by humans anywhere, a tiny fraction has continuing commercial value. For that tiny fraction, the copyright is a crucially important legal device.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "Technology means you can now do amazing things easily; but you couldn't easily do them legally."

Technology means you can now do amazing things easily; but you couldn't easily do them legally.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "All around us are the consequences of the most significant technological, and hence cultural, revolution in generations."

All around us are the consequences of the most significant technological, and hence cultural, revolution in generations.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "Power runs with ideas that only the crazy would draw into doubt."

Power runs with ideas that only the crazy would draw into doubt.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "A time is marked not so much by ideas that are argued about as by ideas that are taken for granted. The character of an era hangs upon what needs no defense."

A time is marked not so much by ideas that are argued about as by ideas that are taken for granted. The character of an era hangs upon what needs no defense.




Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us."

We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "Now that copyrights can be just about a century long, the inability to know what is protected and what is not protected becomes a huge and obvious burden on the creative process."

Now that copyrights can be just about a century long, the inability to know what is protected and what is not protected becomes a huge and obvious burden on the creative process.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "Remember the refrain: We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us. Freedom is about stopping the past, but we have lost that ideal."

Remember the refrain: We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us. Freedom is about stopping the past, but we have lost that ideal.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "A free culture is not a culture without property; it is not a culture in which artists don't get paid."

A free culture is not a culture without property; it is not a culture in which artists don't get paid.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "Copyrights have not expired, and will not expire, so long as Congress is free to be bought to extend them again."

Copyrights have not expired, and will not expire, so long as Congress is free to be bought to extend them again.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "Americans have been selling this view around the world: that progress comes from perfect protection of intellectual property."

Americans have been selling this view around the world: that progress comes from perfect protection of intellectual property.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "While the creative works from the 16th century can still be accessed and used by others, the data in some software programs from the 1990s is already inaccessible."

While the creative works from the 16th century can still be accessed and used by others, the data in some software programs from the 1990s is already inaccessible.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "Some may not like the Constitution's requirements, but that doesn't make the Constitution a pirate's charter."

Some may not like the Constitution's requirements, but that doesn't make the Constitution a pirate's charter.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "Freedom is about stopping the past."

Freedom is about stopping the past.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "In these times, the hardest task for social or political activists is to find a way to get people to wonder again about what we all believe is true. The challenge is to sow doubt."

In these times, the hardest task for social or political activists is to find a way to get people to wonder again about what we all believe is true. The challenge is to sow doubt.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "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 term of copyright for software is effectively unlimited."

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 term of copyright for software is effectively unlimited.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "Winner take all does not exist in the Constitution. It's a restriction imposed on the electors by the states."

Winner take all does not exist in the Constitution. It's a restriction imposed on the electors by the states.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "When government disappears, its not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place."

When government disappears, its not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "[Congress] and their cronies secure more than one hundred billion dollars in corporate welfare"

[Congress] and their cronies secure more than one hundred billion dollars in corporate welfare



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "I don't support direct democracy because I want a life, and that means I want to select people who work for me who do that sort of work for me."

I don't support direct democracy because I want a life, and that means I want to select people who work for me who do that sort of work for me.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "My work about corruption is to get people to see it less as a moral issue (right/wrong) and more as an economic issue (economies of influence and their effect)."

My work about corruption is to get people to see it less as a moral issue (right/wrong) and more as an economic issue (economies of influence and their effect).



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "Overregulation corrupts citizens and weakens the rule of law."

Overregulation corrupts citizens and weakens the rule of law.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "Money corrupts the process of reasoning."

Money corrupts the process of reasoning.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "For however much the state may gain by not having to fund roads on its own, society would lose in aggregate if the open commons of transportation were lost."

For however much the state may gain by not having to fund roads on its own, society would lose in aggregate if the open commons of transportation were lost.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "While appropriation art is critical to art, it's an ambiguous art form in the world of the Supreme Court."

While appropriation art is critical to art, it's an ambiguous art form in the world of the Supreme Court.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "You and I both know that as long as our representatives are held hostage to their funders - and their funders are not all of us - our system will not work"

You and I both know that as long as our representatives are held hostage to their funders - and their funders are not all of us - our system will not work



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "Legislation needs a better reason than that lawyers like it, and that America does it."

Legislation needs a better reason than that lawyers like it, and that America does it.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "One great feature of modern society is the institutionalized respect we give to processes designed to destroy the past."

One great feature of modern society is the institutionalized respect we give to processes designed to destroy the past.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "There's no reason for the electors to overrule the popular choice."

There's no reason for the electors to overrule the popular choice.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "The popular choice, by more than 2 million votes, is a completely qualified candidate for president."

The popular choice, by more than 2 million votes, is a completely qualified candidate for president.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "There is nothing more dangerous than a government of the many controlled by the few."

There is nothing more dangerous than a government of the many controlled by the few.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "We ought to be respecting the principle of equality."

We ought to be respecting the principle of equality.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "I'm pushing for citizen equality not because of some moral idea, but because this is the essential way to crack the corruption that now makes it so Washington can't work."

I'm pushing for citizen equality not because of some moral idea, but because this is the essential way to crack the corruption that now makes it so Washington can't work.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "I'm focused on solving the problem that would make it plausible for gov't to get back to solving real problems."

I'm focused on solving the problem that would make it plausible for gov't to get back to solving real problems.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "Every generation welcomes the pirates from the last."

Every generation welcomes the pirates from the last.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "There is still the illusion that if we could declare corporations are not people or that money is not speech, all would be solved. Regardless of the good in those ideas, it wouldn't."

There is still the illusion that if we could declare corporations are not people or that money is not speech, all would be solved. Regardless of the good in those ideas, it wouldn't.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "Change the way we fund campaigns. Until we do, Wall Street will always be able to blackmail the Dems and GOP to giving them what Wall Street wants."

Change the way we fund campaigns. Until we do, Wall Street will always be able to blackmail the Dems and GOP to giving them what Wall Street wants.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "Companies will often use the legal system to scare people away from attacking them. But we all should be free to make critical statements about anybody, unless those statements are malicious."

Companies will often use the legal system to scare people away from attacking them. But we all should be free to make critical statements about anybody, unless those statements are malicious.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "Why should it be that just when technology is most encouraging of creativity, the law should be most restrictive?"

Why should it be that just when technology is most encouraging of creativity, the law should be most restrictive?



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "I advocate for protecting the liberty of the net, and securing privacy. I argue against people who believe both are somehow given automatically. They're not."

I advocate for protecting the liberty of the net, and securing privacy. I argue against people who believe both are somehow given automatically. They're not.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "I spend as little time with lawmakers as possible. Many are great. And more than you expect want real change. But they're not going to do anything till we, the outsiders, force them to adopt it."

I spend as little time with lawmakers as possible. Many are great. And more than you expect want real change. But they're not going to do anything till we, the outsiders, force them to adopt it.



Lawrence Lessig Quotes: "Law and technology produce, together, a kind of regulation of creativity we've not seen before."

Law and technology produce, together, a kind of regulation of creativity we've not seen before.