Editing Life-Line (section)

==Reception==
One particular paragraph from "Life-Line" is often quoted in reference to (and criticism of) modern [[Intellectual property|intellectual property rights]]:<ref>{{cite journal|first1=Lisa McHugh|last1=Cesarini|first2=Paul|last2=Cesarini|title=From Jefferson to Metallica to your Campus: Copyright Issues in Student Peer-to-Peer File Sharing |journal=Journal of Technology Studies |issn=1541-9258 |year=2008 |volume=34 |issue=1 |url=http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JOTS/v34/v34n1/cesarini.html|access-date=2016-11-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=McClure |first=Ian |title=Be Careful What You Wish For: Copyright's Campaign for Property Rights and an Eminent Consequence of Intellectual Monopoly |journal=Chapman Law Review |year=2007 |volume=10 |issue=3 |url=http://www.ipprospective.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/be-careful-what-you-wish-for.pdf |access-date=2012-05-04}}</ref>

{{blockquote|There has grown in the minds of certain groups in this country the idea that just because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with guaranteeing such a profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary to public interest. This strange doctrine is supported by neither statute or common law. Neither corporations or individuals have the right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back.}}

In the realm of science another passage has come to be quoted:

{{Blockquote|There are but two ways of forming an opinion in science. One is the scientific method; the other, the scholastic. One can judge from experiment, or one can blindly accept authority. To the scientific mind, experimental proof is all important and theory is merely a convenience in description, to be junked when it no longer fits. To the academic mind, authority is everything and facts are junked when they do not fit theory laid down by authority.}}

A [[Lifeline (web series)|television web series]] loosely based on the short story began in 2017.

A short film adaptation directed by Zack Dodson and produced by Eric R. Gignac was released in 2022.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17520502/reference/ |title=Life-Line (2022) - IMDb |access-date=2025-05-23 |via=www.imdb.com}}</ref>