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.
Lawrence LessigAll around us are the consequences of the most significant technological, and hence cultural, revolution in generations.
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 LessigA culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom.
Lawrence Lessig