Copyrights have not expired, and will not expire, so long as Congress is free to be bought to extend them again. Lawrence Lessig Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Americans have been selling this view around the world: that progress comes from perfect protection of intellectual property. Lawrence Lessig Read Quote
When government disappears, it’s not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place. Lawrence Lessig Read Quote
If the only way a library can offer an Internet exhibit about the New Deal is to hire a lawyer to clear the rights to every image and sound, then the copyright system is burdening creativity in a way that has never been seen before because there are no formalities. Lawrence Lessig Read Quote
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 Read Quote
