The war against illegal file-sharing is like the church's age-old war against masturbation. It's a war you just can't win.

Law and technology produce, together, a kind of regulation of creativity we've not seen before.

And with a practice of writing comes a certain important integrity. A culture filled with bloggers thinks differently about politics or public affairs, if only because more have been forced through the discipline of showing in writing why A leads to B.

The popular choice, by more than 2 million votes, is a completely qualified candidate for president.

Notwithstanding the fact that the most innovative and progressive space we've seen - the Internet - has been the place where intellectual property has been least respected. You know, facts don't get in the way of this ideology.

Some may not like the Constitution's requirements, but that doesn't make the Constitution a pirate's charter.

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.