Money corrupts the process of reasoning.

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

While control is needed, and perfectly warranted, our bias should be clear up front: Monopolies are not justified by theory; they should be permitted only when justified by facts. If there is no solid basis for extending a certain monopoly protection, then we should not extend that protection.

Creativity is enhanced by less-than-perfect control over what content is on the network.

The current term of protection for software is the life of an author plus 70 years, or, if it's work-for-hire, a total of 95 years. This is a bastardization of the Constitution's requirement that copyright be for "limited times."

I don't support direct democracy because I want a life, and that means I want to select people who work for me who do that sort of work for me.

Companies will often use the legal system to scare people away from attacking them. But we all should be free to make critical statements about anybody, unless those statements are malicious.