Power runs with ideas that only the crazy would draw into doubt.

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

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

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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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Copyrights have not expired, and will not expire, so long as Congress is free to be bought to extend them again.

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

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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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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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