Show me why your regulation of culture is needed. Show me how it does good. And until you can show me both, keep your lawyers away.
Lawrence LessigOne theme of what I've been writing has been to get people to understand that "apolitical" means "you lose." It doesn't mean you live a utopian life free of politicians' influence. The destruction of the public domain is the clearest example, but it will only be the first.
Lawrence LessigAll of the great Disney works took works that were in the public domain and remixed them.
Lawrence Lessig