Peter K. Levy
NathanielHawthorne
"One thing we know about incentives is you can't incent a dead person. No matter what we do, Hawthorne will not produce any more works, [even if] we can give him all the money in the world."
— Lawrence Lessig (1961- ) Debate with Jack Valenti on "The Future of Intellectual Property on the Internet" at Harvard University Law School's Berkman Center for Internet & Society (October 1, 2000)
Image: [Walt is dead too, and it's time to free Mickey into the public domain] Stereoscopic portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne (circa 1860-1865)
North Eastern Life: Quote of the Day for 2016-06-04
NathanielHawthorne
"One thing we know about incentives is you can't incent a dead person. No matter what we do, Hawthorne will not produce any more works, [even if] we can give him all the money in the world."
— Lawrence Lessig (1961- ) Debate with Jack Valenti on "The Future of Intellectual Property on the Internet" at Harvard University Law School's Berkman Center for Internet & Society (October 1, 2000)
Image: [Walt is dead too, and it's time to free Mickey into the public domain] Stereoscopic portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne (circa 1860-1865)
North Eastern Life: Quote of the Day for 2016-06-04