I'm focused on solving the problem that would make it plausible for gov't to get back to solving real problems.
Lawrence LessigA culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom.
Lawrence LessigThere are very few people in our society who are actually free to say what they believe. I am in an extremely fortunate position in having this enormous gift of freedom and believe I should try to use it to do something useful for society. As long as I feel as if I have something to say, Iโll continue to try to do that.
Lawrence LessigCopyrights have not expired, and will not expire, so long as Congress is free to be bought to extend them again.
Lawrence LessigSome blame the drug companies. I don't. They are corporations. Their managers are ordered by law to make money for the corporation. They push a certain patent policy not because of ideals,but because it is the policy that makes them the most money. And it only makes them the most money because of a certain corruption within our political system-a corruption the drug companies are certainly not responsible for. The corruption is our own politicians' failure of integrity.
Lawrence LessigThere is a regulation of behavior on the Internet and in cyberspace, but that regulation is imposed primarily through code. The differences in the regulations effected through code distinguish different parts of the Internet and cyberspace. In some places, life is fairly free; in other places, it is more controlled. And the difference between these spaces is simply a difference in the architectures of control--that is, a difference in code.
Lawrence Lessig