No system in the world is so well-designed that it can't grow stale, rigid, or corrupted by those who benefit most from it.

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

Part of the problem is when we bring in a new technology we expect it to be perfect in a way that we don't expect the world that we're familiar with to be perfect.

People need to understand that the technology is for them. It's not to them. It's not over them. People still sometimes want to be led a little too much.

From the business point of view—not to overstate it—intellectual property is dead; long live intellectual process. Long live service; long live performance.

Don't leave hold of your common sense. Think about what you're doing and how the technology can enhance it. Don't think about technology first.

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.