Copyright protects corporate monopoly rights over culture and provides much of the profits to media conglomeratesm encouraging the wholesale privatization of our common culture.
Robert Waterman McChesneyWhen the government allocates monopoly rights to frequency, and there are only a handful in each community, it's picking the winners in the competition.
Robert Waterman McChesneyOur existing media system today is the direct result of government laws and subsidies that created it.
Robert Waterman McChesneyAdvertising is the voice of capital. We need to do whatever we can to limit capitalist propaganda, regulate it, minimize it, and perhaps even eliminate it. The fight against hyper-commercialism becomes especially pronounced in the era of digital communications.
Robert Waterman McChesney