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June 3, 1961

Lawrence Lessig (born 3 June 1961) is an American academic and political activist. He is most famous as a proponent of reduced legal restrictions on copyright, trademark, and radio frequency spectrum, particularly in technology applications. He is a director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University and a professor of law at Harvard Law School. Prior to rejoining Harvard, he was a professor of law at Stanford Law School and founder of its Center for Internet and Society. Lessig is a founding board member of Creative Commons, a board member of the Software Freedom Law Center, an advisory board member of the Sunlight Foundation and a former board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

We are on the cusp of this time where I can say, "I speak as a citizen of the world" without others saying, "God, what a nut."

"One Planet, One Net" symposium (10 October 1998)

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When government disappears, it's not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place.

Lawrence Lessig
— Keynote address at the "One Planet, One Net" symposium sponsored by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (10 October 1998)

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You can't incent a dead person. No matter what we do, Hawthorne will not produce any more works, no matter how much we pay him.

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— Debate with Jack Valenti at Harvard University Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society (1 October 2000)

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I believe it would be right for common sense to revolt against the extreme claims made today on behalf of "intellectual property." What the law demands today is increasingly as silly as a sheriff arresting an airplane for trespass. But the consequences of this silliness will be much more profound.

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— Introduction

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Americans have been selling this view around the world: that progress comes from perfect protection of intellectual property. Notwithstanding the fact that the most innovative and progressive space we've seen — the Internet — has been the place where intellectual property has been least respected. You know, facts don't get in the way of this ideology.

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— Code + Law: An Interview with Lawrence Lessig (29 January 2001)

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