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Why should it be that just when technology is most encouraging of creativity, the law should be most restrictive?
Lawrence Lessig
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Lawrence Lessig
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 3
Computer Scientist
Jurist
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Non-Fiction Writer
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Rapid City
South Dakota
Larry Lessig
Lester Lawrence Lessig III
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