"The real harm of term extension comes not from these famous works. The real harm is to the works that are not famous, not commercially exploited, and no longer available as a result."
― Lawrence Lessig
Topic(s):
Poetry
More From Lawrence Lessig
- "Of all the creative work produced by humans anywhere, a tiny fraction has continuing commercial value. For that tiny fraction, the copyright is a crucially important legal device."
- "A culture without property, or in which creators can’t get paid, is anarchy, not freedom."
- "When government disappears, it’s not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place."
More In Poetry
- "Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits."― Carl Sandburg
- "If you were going to choose a way of making your way in this world and a place to start from, you might not choose poetry and you might not choose Huddersfield."― Simon Armitage
- "I’m a believer in belief. Faith is something that works – it causes people to do things, it has results. It’s an intangible, indefinable, very real thing. And it moves people, sometimes to atrocity. And sometimes to survival."― Tommy Lee Jones