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A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom.
Lawrence Lessig
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Lawrence Lessig
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 3
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Rapid City
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Larry Lessig
Lester Lawrence Lessig III
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When government disappears, its not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place.
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