I read Boyle's "Public Domain" I read all those things spellbanisher listed in another thread. This was my favorite part from the Public Domain, it feels apropos I think.
The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
But leaves the greater villain loose
Who steals the common from off the goose.
The law demands that we atone
When we take things we do not own
But leaves the lords and ladies fine
Who take things that are yours and mine.
The poor and wretched don’t escape
If they conspire the law to break;
This must be so but they endure
Those who conspire to make the law.
The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
And geese will still a common lack
Till they go and steal it back.
I'll probably read the rest of Lessig's books. I read that he's working on getting rid of corruption in our political systems now,
