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Lawrence Lessig Quotes: My claim is that we should focus on the values of liberty... If there is not government to insist on those values, then who? ... The single unifying force should be that we govern ourselves.
         

My claim is that we should focus on the values of liberty... If there is not government to insist on those values, then who? ... The single unifying force should be that we govern ourselves.


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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.

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.



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.



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.



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.



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.



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."



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.



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.



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.



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.





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