The war against illegal file-sharing is like the church's age-old war against masturbation. It's a war you just can't win.

The danger in media concentration comes not from the concentration, but instead from the feudalism that this concentration, tied to the change in copyright, produces.

Creation always involves building upon something else. There is no art that doesn't reuse. And there will be less art if every reuse is taxed by the appropriator.

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.

Monopoly controls have been the exception in free societies; they have been the rule in closed societies.

We are on the cusp of this time where I can say, "I speak as a citizen of the world" without others saying, "God, what a nut."

If the Internet teaches us anything, it is that great value comes from leaving core resources in a commons, where they're free for people to build upon as they see fit.

A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom.

Of all the creative work produced by humans anywhere, a tiny fraction has continuing commercial value. For that tiny fraction, the copyright is a crucially important legal device.

Technology means you can now do amazing things easily; but you couldn't easily do them legally.

All around us are the consequences of the most significant technological, and hence cultural, revolution in generations.

Every time you hurt my heart, you are actually making it stronger than before.

Clever, smart and wise people have one in common that they read quotes, they are curious for knowledge and they have big libraries!

Stop thinking like Alice in Wonderland, Celia told herself sternly. You're a grown-up, it's no use shutting your eyes, wishing things would happen

Too little process and you can't get good work done. Too much process and you can't get any work done. Most companies never find the middle.

If there were only one religion, God would indeed be manifest.

You cannot teach a person something he does not already know, you can only bring what he does know to his awareness.

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth.

Most TV shows don't reward you for paying attention.

There are still people who don't like my work and that's okay with me.

I firmly believe that a representational painting is only as strong as its abstract components.