Remix Quotes

“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.”
― Lawrence Lessig, Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy

“Why should it be that just when technology is
most encouraging of creativity, the law should be most restrictive?”
― Lawrence Lessig, Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy

“And with a practice of writing comes a certain important integrity. A culture filled with bloggers thinks differently about politics or public affairs, if only because more have been forced through the discipline of showing in writing why A leads to B.”
― Lawrence Lessig, Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy

“But, like all metaphoric wars, the copyright wars are not actual conflicts of survival. Or at least, they are not conflicts for survival of a people or a society, even if they are wars of survival for certain businesses or, more accurately, business models. Thus we must keep in mind the other values or objectives that might also be affected by this war. We must make sure this war doesn't cost more than it is worth. We must be sure it is winnable, or winnable at a price we're willing to pay.”
― Lawrence Lessig, Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy