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Quotes from May the Source Be With You — Lawrence Lessig

born 1961 United States

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We live in a world with "free" content, and this freedom is not an imperfection.

May the Source Be With You (2001)

In arguing for increasing content owners' control over content users, it's not sufficient to say "They didn't pay for this use."

May the Source Be With You (2001)

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)

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.

May the Source Be With You (2001)

While the creative works from the 16th century can still be accessed and used by others, the data in some software programs from the 1990s is already inaccessible.

May the Source Be With You (2001)

Monopolies are not justified by theory; they should be permitted only when justified by facts. If there is no solid basis for extending a certain monopoly protection, then we should not extend that protection.

May the Source Be With You (2001)

Attribution

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