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Law and technology produce, together, a kind of regulation of creativity we've not seen before.
Lawrence Lessig
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Lawrence Lessig
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 3
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Rapid City
South Dakota
Larry Lessig
Lester Lawrence Lessig III
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