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Lawrence Lessig on Power

born 1961 United States

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Creation always involves building upon something else. There is no art that doesn't reuse. And there will be less art if every reuse is taxed by the appropriator. Monopoly controls have been the exception in free societies; they have been the rule in closed societies.

May the Source Be With You (2001)

There has never been a time in history when more of our "culture" was as "owned" as it is now. And yet there has never been a time when the concentration of power to control the uses of culture has been as unquestioningly accepted as it is now.

Free Culture (2004)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Lawrence Lessig (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.