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By the time Apple's Macintosh operating system finally falls into the public domain, there will be no machine that could possibly run it. The term of copyright for software is effectively unlimited. ↗

— Lawrence Lessig

#by the time #copyright #could #domain #effectively

Americans have been selling this view around the world: that progress comes from perfect protection of intellectual property. ↗

— Lawrence Lessig

#been #comes #intellectual #intellectual property #perfect

If the only way a library can offer an Internet exhibit about the New Deal is to hire a lawyer to clear the rights to every image and sound, then the copyright system is burdening creativity in a way that has never been seen before because there are no formalities. ↗

— Lawrence Lessig

#because #been #before #burdening #clear

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#life #new #new way #something #suddenly

The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves. ↗

— Robert Burton

#develop #efficient #few #men #power

Hard Day's Night was one of those great films that will never happen again to anyone in their lifetime. UA were in profit before we'd even finished shooting - The advance sales on the album - the film was out before the album was out was more than it cost UA to make the film. ↗

— Richard Lester

#again #album #anyone #before #cost

I think I remember from the offset I said, 'I've visited this territory. This isn't for me.' And then I read the script and I said, 'You know, this is completely something different. This is a whole new life.' ↗

— Jared Leto

#different #i #i remember #i think #know

I don't know, when I was a kid, when I would see shows that changed my life, I would go to see shows where there was my mother taking us to see classic rock concerts, like Zeppelin, or when I saw Pink Floyd or when I saw, you know, when I was a little older, and I saw Nine Inch Nails, and I saw The Cure. ↗

— Jared Leto

#classic #classic rock #concerts #cure #floyd

I take computers practically apart and put them back together. I have a supercomputer I built over the years out of different computers. ↗

— Jared Leto

#back #built #computers #different #i

As you know now, Rush Limbaugh is the new face of the Republican Party, but they'll probably go with a different body. ↗

— David Letterman

#different #face #go #know #limbaugh