Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.

New solutions win by virtue of adoption, and they don't get adopted if they're bad solutions.

The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it.

The Corporate impulse for human uniformity instills shame at difference and, thus, the contemporary zeal for privacy.

The first serious infowar is now engaged. The field of battle is WikiLeaks. You are the troops.

You do not know our culture, our ethics, or the unwritten codes that already provide our society more order than could be obtained by any of your impositions.

I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods. It's a tricky thing to try to own something that remains in your possession even after you give it to many others.