Quote by: Lawrence Lessig

Copyright law has got to give up its obsession with 'the copy.' The law should not regulate 'copies' or 'modern reproductions' on their own. It should instead regulate uses--like public distributions of copies of copyrighted work--that connect directly to the economic incentive copyright law was intended to foster.


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Author Bio


  • NameLawrence Lessig
  • DescriptionAmerican academic, political activist. Founder, Stanford Center for Internet and Society, Creative Commons. Proponent of reduced legal restrictions on copyright, trademark, radio frequency spectrum, esp. in technology applications.
  • AliasesLarry Lessig
  • BornJune 3, 1961
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJurist
  • AwardsWebby Lifetime Achievement Award