“ Politics is that rare sport where the amateur contest is actually more interesting than the professional. ”
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“ Before the monopoly should be permitted, there must be reason to believe it will do some good - for society, and not just for monopoly holders. ”
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“ When government disappears, it's not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place. ”
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“ A free culture is not a culture without property; it is not a culture in which artists don't get paid. ”
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“ Before the monopoly should be permitted, there must be reason to believe it will do some good - for society, and not just for monopoly holders. ”
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“ When government disappears, it's not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place. ”
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“ We adopt this strategy now because there's an urgency to this debate. Over time, the space of free expression has shrunk. ”
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“ Creativity and innovation always builds on the past. The past always tries to control the creativity that builds upon it. Free societies enable the future by limiting this power of the past. Ours is less and less a free society. ”
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“ When government disappears, it's not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place. ”
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“ This does not mean that every copyright must prove its value initially. That would be a far too cumbersome system of control. But it does mean that every system or category of copyright or patent should prove its worth. ”
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“ Companies will often use the legal system to scare people away from attacking them. But we all should be free to make critical statements about anybody, unless those statements are malicious. ”
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“ We adopt this strategy now because there's an urgency to this debate. Over time, the space of free expression has shrunk. ”
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“ Writing" is the Latin of our times. The modern language of the people is video and sound. ”
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“ Politics is that rare sport where the amateur contest is actually more interesting than the professional. ”
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“ Creativity is enhanced by less-than-perfect control over what content is on the network. ”
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“ Companies will often use the legal system to scare people away from attacking them. But we all should be free to make critical statements about anybody, unless those statements are malicious. ”
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“ Remember the refrain: We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us. Freedom is about stopping the past, but we have lost that ideal. ”
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“ You can't incent a dead person. No matter what we do, Nathaniel Hawthorne will not produce any more works, no matter how much we pay him. ”
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“ A free culture has been our past, but it will only be our future if we change the path we are on right now. ”
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“ We adopt this strategy now because there's an urgency to this debate. Over time, the space of free expression has shrunk. ”
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“ As we've seen, our constitutional system requires limits on copyright as a way to assure that copyright holders do not too heavily influence the development and distribution of our culture. ”
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“ Now that copyrights can be just about a century long, the inability to know what is protected and what is not protected becomes a huge and obvious burden on the creative process. ”
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“ Americans have been selling this view around the world: that progress comes from perfect protection of intellectual property. ”
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“ Writing" is the Latin of our times. The modern language of the people is video and sound. ”
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“ Creativity is enhanced by less-than-perfect control over what content is on the network. ”
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“ Americans have been selling this view around the world: that progress comes from perfect protection of intellectual property. ”
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“ When government disappears, it's not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place. ”
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“ You can't incent a dead person. No matter what we do, Nathaniel Hawthorne will not produce any more works, no matter how much we pay him. ”
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“ Writing" is the Latin of our times. The modern language of the people is video and sound. ”
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