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Lawrence Lessig Quotes

Here’s what we [Americans] need: a 30 second you tube video of some guy at a party constantly checking out everyone else at the party, while he pretends to be speaking to the other person. We’re the other person. The guy are the politicians. And the distraction is the corruption: We need a Congress that can afford to talk to us. For at least one drink or so Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The real harm of term extension comes not from these famous works. The real harm is to the works that are not famous, not commercially exploited, and no longer available as a result Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Believing we know what makes prosperity work, ignoring the nature of the actual prosperity all around, we change the rules within which the Internet revolution lives. These changes will end the revolution Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Notwithstanding the fact that the most innovative and progressive space we’ve seen - the Internet - has been the place where intellectual property has been least respected. You know, facts don’t get in the way of this ideology Picture Quote #1

This does not mean that every copyright must prove its value initially. That would be a far too cumbersome system of control. But it does mean that every system or category of copyright or patent should prove its worth Picture Quote #1

We have a massive system to regulate creativity. A massive system of lawyers regulating creativity as copyright law has expanded in unrecognizable forms, going from a regulation of publishing to a regulation of copying Picture Quote #1

Overregulation stifles creativity. It smothers innovation. It gives dinosaurs a veto over the future. It wastes the extraordinary opportunity for a democratic creativity that digital technology enables Picture Quote #1

Creativity and innovation always builds on the past. The past always tries to control the creativity that builds upon it. Free societies enable the future by limiting this power of the past. Ours is less and less a free society Picture Quote #1

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If there were two candidates, a Democrat and a Republican, who each committed to the same kind of fundamental reform, then the election would be an election between the vice presidential candidates. It’d be just like the regular election, except it would be one step down Picture Quote #1

The danger in media concentration comes not from the concentration, but instead from the feudalism that this concentration, tied to the change in copyright, produces Picture Quote #1

I’m all for experimenting with sortition - randomly selected representative bodies of citizens. But I don’t favor direct democracy. We’re busy. We have lives. There is reddit. Who has time to work out the right answer to the thousand policy choices a gov’t must make all the time? Picture Quote #1

[Congress] and their cronies secure more than one hundred billion dollars in corporate welfare Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

We established a regime that left creativity unregulated. Now it was unregulated because copyright law only covered printing. Copyright law did not control derivative work. And copyright law granted this protection for the limited time of 14 years Picture Quote #1

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All around us are the consequences of the most significant technological, and hence cultural, revolution in generations Picture Quote #1

A free culture has been our past, but it will only be our future if we change the path we are on right now Picture Quote #1

If the law imposed the death penalty for parking tickets, we’d not only have fewer parking tickets, we’d also have much less driving Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Monopoly controls have been the exception in free societies; they have been the rule in closed societies Picture Quote #1

A culture without property, or in which creators can’t get paid, is anarchy, not freedom Picture Quote #1

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One great feature of modern society is the institutionalized respect we give to processes designed to destroy the past Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Power runs with ideas that only the crazy would draw into doubt Picture Quote #1

Every generation welcomes the pirates from the last Picture Quote #1

Freedom is about stopping the past Picture Quote #1

A free culture has been our past, but it will only be our future if we change the path we are on right now Picture Quote #1

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Here’s what we [Americans] need: a 30 second you tube video of some guy at a party constantly checking out everyone else at the party, while he pretends to be speaking to the other person. We’re the other person. The guy are the politicians. And the distraction is the corruption: We need a Congress that can afford to talk to us. For at least one drink or so (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 (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 (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) The real harm of term extension comes not from these famous works. The real harm is to the works that are not famous, not commercially exploited, and no longer available as a result (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 (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) Believing we know what makes prosperity work, ignoring the nature of the actual prosperity all around, we change the rules within which the Internet revolution lives. These changes will end the revolution (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 (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) Notwithstanding the fact that the most innovative and progressive space we’ve seen - the Internet - has been the place where intellectual property has been least respected. You know, facts don’t get in the way of this ideology (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) This does not mean that every copyright must prove its value initially. That would be a far too cumbersome system of control. But it does mean that every system or category of copyright or patent should prove its worth (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) We have a massive system to regulate creativity. A massive system of lawyers regulating creativity as copyright law has expanded in unrecognizable forms, going from a regulation of publishing to a regulation of copying (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) Overregulation stifles creativity. It smothers innovation. It gives dinosaurs a veto over the future. It wastes the extraordinary opportunity for a democratic creativity that digital technology enables (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) Creativity and innovation always builds on the past. The past always tries to control the creativity that builds upon it. Free societies enable the future by limiting this power of the past. Ours is less and less a free society (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) If there were two candidates, a Democrat and a Republican, who each committed to the same kind of fundamental reform, then the election would be an election between the vice presidential candidates. It’d be just like the regular election, except it would be one step down (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) The danger in media concentration comes not from the concentration, but instead from the feudalism that this concentration, tied to the change in copyright, produces (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) I’m all for experimenting with sortition - randomly selected representative bodies of citizens. But I don’t favor direct democracy. We’re busy. We have lives. There is reddit. Who has time to work out the right answer to the thousand policy choices a gov’t must make all the time? (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) [Congress] and their cronies secure more than one hundred billion dollars in corporate welfare (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. (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) We established a regime that left creativity unregulated. Now it was unregulated because copyright law only covered printing. Copyright law did not control derivative work. And copyright law granted this protection for the limited time of 14 years. (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) All around us are the consequences of the most significant technological, and hence cultural, revolution in generations. (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) A free culture has been our past, but it will only be our future if we change the path we are on right now. (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) If the law imposed the death penalty for parking tickets, we’d not only have fewer parking tickets, we’d also have much less driving. (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. (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) Monopoly controls have been the exception in free societies; they have been the rule in closed societies. (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) A culture without property, or in which creators can’t get paid, is anarchy, not freedom (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) One great feature of modern society is the institutionalized respect we give to processes designed to destroy the past. (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 (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) Power runs with ideas that only the crazy would draw into doubt (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) Every generation welcomes the pirates from the last (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) Freedom is about stopping the past (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) A free culture has been our past, but it will only be our future if we change the path we are on right now (Lawrence Lessig Quotes)

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