While appropriation art is critical to art, it's an ambiguous art form in the world of the Supreme Court.

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.

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.

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.

Since everything is in our heads we better not lose them.

Take from others what you want, but never be a disciple of anyone.

Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don’t apply to you.

There are some qualities, some incorporate things, that have a double life, which thus is made. A type os twin entity which springs from matter and light, envinced in solid and shade.

I get so busy that I forget to eat, and that's really hurt me in the past. I gained weight from that.

Listen to how everyone is talking about you. You have to use it as fuel for motivation.

Most writers adore their editors, and I'm no exception.

Everything a politician promises at election time has to be paid for either by higher taxation or by borrowing.

To love is an active verb.

A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common.