Dyson's Law: Do ask; don't lie.

The definition of the problem, rather than its solution, will be the scarce resource in the future.

I think copyright is moral, proper. I think a creator has the right to control the disposition of his or her works - I actually believe that the financial issue is less important than the integrity of the work, the attribution, that kind of stuff.

If the past decade was the decade of searching and finding and looking for stuff, this coming decade is going to be the decade of filtering and going to your friends for recommendations.

Listening to other companies' customers is the best way to gain market share, while listening to the visionaries is the best way to create new markets.

I became a real free market fanatic. I'm probably less so now than even two or three years ago.

Since I became chairman, I've tried to turn EFF into civil liberties and responsibilities.