Lawrence Lessig Quotes
June 3, 1961
More Lawrence Lessig Quotes
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)
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."
Lawrence Lessig— "One Planet, One Net" symposium (10 October 1998)
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.
Lawrence Lessig— Debate with Jack Valenti at Harvard University Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society (1 October 2000)
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.
Lawrence Lessig— Code + Law: An Interview with Lawrence Lessig (29 January 2001)
