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Lawrence Lessig Quotes

A free culture is not a culture without property; it is not a culture in which artists don’t get paid Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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

As we’ve seen, our constitutional system requires limits on copyright as a way to assure that copyright holders do not too heavily influence the development and distribution of our culture Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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

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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 Picture Quote #1

Law and technology produce, together, a kind of regulation of creativity we’ve not seen before Picture Quote #1

Permission from the government is an expensive commodity. New ideas rarely have this kind of support. Old ideas often have deep legislative connections to defend them against the new 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

Politics is that rare sport where the amateur contest is actually more interesting than the professional Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 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

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 Picture Quote #1

I’m focused on solving the problem that would make it plausible for gov’t to get back to solving real problems Picture Quote #1

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 word length. The issue is a commitment to speaking in a way an audience can understand Picture Quote #1

Technology means you can now do amazing things easily; but you couldn’t easily do them legally Picture Quote #1

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$Of all the creative work produced by humans anywhere, a tiny fraction has continuing commercial value. For that tiny fraction, the copyright is a crucially important legal device Picture Quote #1$

When government disappears, its not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place Picture Quote #1

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A free culture is not a culture without property; it is not a culture in which artists don’t get paid (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 (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) All around us are the consequences of the most significant technological, and hence cultural, revolution in generations (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) As we’ve seen, our constitutional system requires limits on copyright as a way to assure that copyright holders do not too heavily influence the development and distribution of our culture (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 (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) Monopoly controls have been the exception in free societies; they have been the rule in closed societies (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 (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) Law and technology produce, together, a kind of regulation of creativity we’ve not seen before (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) Permission from the government is an expensive commodity. New ideas rarely have this kind of support. Old ideas often have deep legislative connections to defend them against the new (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) Politics is that rare sport where the amateur contest is actually more interesting than the professional (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 (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 (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) 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’m focused on solving the problem that would make it plausible for gov’t to get back to solving real problems (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) 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 word length. The issue is a commitment to speaking in a way an audience can understand (Lawrence Lessig Quotes) Technology means you can now do amazing things easily; but you couldn’t easily do them legally (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 (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 (Lawrence Lessig Quotes)

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