Quote by Lawrence Lessig
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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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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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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Every neurosis is a primitive form of legal proceeding in which the accused carries on the prosecution, imposes judgment and executes the sentence: all to the end that someone else should not perform the same process. – Lionel Trilling

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Sooner or later they are going to live in a New York City where gay marriage is not only legal, but its common and they dont even notice. – Anthony Weiner

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Ive become so earthy. And I never was earthy. Im doing all kinds of different roles which are not at all like the intellectual and the legal mind of Ben Stone. – Michael Moriarty

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To some lawyers, all facts are created equal. – Felix Frankfurter

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