A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom.

Every generation welcomes the pirates from the last.

Americans have been selling this view around the world: that progress comes from perfect protection of intellectual property.

While the creative works from the 16th century can still be accessed and used by others, the data in some software programs from the 1990s is already inaccessible.

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.

If the Internet teaches us anything, it is that great value comes from leaving core resources in a commons, where they're free for people to build upon as they see fit.

All around us are the consequences of the most significant technological, and hence cultural, revolution in generations.