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 劳伦斯·莱辛

如果一家图书馆提供有关新政的互联网展览的唯一途径是聘请律师来清理每一幅图像和声音的权利,那么版权制度就会以一种前所未有的方式给创造力增加负担,因为没有任何手续。

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In the courtroom, it's where a lawyer really becomes an actor. There's a very fine line between delivering a monologue in a play and delivering a monologue to a jury. I've always felt that way - I've been in a lot of courtrooms. The best lawyers are really theatrical.

在法庭上,律师真正成为演员的地方。在戏剧中表演独白和在陪审团面前表演独白之间有一条非常微妙的界线。我一直有这样的感觉——我去过很多法庭。最好的律师真会演戏。

The library was open for one hour after school let out. I hid there, looking at art books and reading poetry.

放学后,图书馆开放了一个小时。我躲在那里,看着艺术书籍,读着诗歌。

All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.

所有的诽谤律师都会告诉你不再有诽谤了,所有人都放弃了。

When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.

当一位老人去世时,一座图书馆被夷为平地。