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Of all the creative work produced by humans anywhere, a tiny fract

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. – Lawrence Lessig

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The real harm of term extension comes not from these famous works. The real harm is to the works that are not famous, not commercially exploited, and no longer available as a result. – Lawrence Lessig

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famous
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When government disappears, its not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place. – Lawrence Lessig

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Government
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We do not believe voters gave President Bush a mandate to turn back the clock decades on so many of our legal protections. – Ralph Neas

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The Myth of Male Power dealt much more with the political issues, the legal issues, sexual harassment, date rape, women who kill, and those issues were very much more interfaced with the agendas of feminism. – Warren Farrell

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legal

It is simply a fact that the birth rate of our illegal immigrants exceeds that of our legal residents. – John Linder

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legal

It is a sign of the times that the absence of meaningful ID requirements in many states leaves our voting process vulnerable to fraud and allows legal votes to be cancelled out by illegally cast ballots. – Virgil Goode

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Living in dreams of yesterday, we find ourselves still dreaming of impossible future conquests. – Charles Lindbergh

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You hope that your teenage self would like and forgive your 50-year-old self. – Hugh Laurie

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I am not willing to risk the lives of German soldiers for countries whose names we cannot spell properly. – Volker Ruhe

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A small demerit extinguishes a long service. – Thomas Fuller

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