Show me why your regulation of culture is needed. Show me how it does good. And until you can show me both, keep your lawyers away.

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.

He manages a sad smile. “An omission is not the same thing as a lie, Miss Bishop. It’s a manipulation.

In the race of life I would rather to be around the best and sink than to be around mediocrity and swim.

I love sushi. Once on Valentine's Day, someone I was dating rocked up at the airport to pick me up with a bag of salmon because I love it so much.

People do not plan to mess up their lives. They just don't plan not to.

Only those who feel little in the eyes of God, can hope to be mighty in the eyes of men.

I knew her well enough to understand that when Delia pushed you away, it was her way of making sure she didn't get shoved first.

I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.

Marriage, the family unit, was the "original Department of Health, Education and Welfare."

A small number of peasants - brave peasants - shot down two Apaches

In my opinion, sexiness comes down to three things: chemistry, sense of humor, and treatment of waitstaff at restaurants.