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- Free Press
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I'm thinking about more and more these days is simply the importance of transparency, and Jefferson's saying that he'd rather have a free press without a government than a government without a free press.
- Foundation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, take the evolution of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It began as hackers' rights. Then it became general civil liberties of everybody - government stay away.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's almost no way of doing importing honestly, because if you do you're at such a disadvantage competitively. So people spend huge amounts of effort getting around stupid laws and not paying taxes.
- Nov 07, 2020
Since I became chairman, I've tried to turn EFF into civil liberties and responsibilities.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Oh, that all the things my father had told me about how disgusting Washington is are true. And again it's the system - there are lots of nice, well-meaning people there. But it's a sleazy place. And politics is all about doing favors.
- Space
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the space of three weeks, I met a fair bunch of the guys who were just starting those little programmers' co-ops, and everybody was talking about starting businesses.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the sense that people who produce things and work get rewarded, statistically. You don't get rewarded precisely for your effort, but in Russia you got rewarded for being alive, but not very well rewarded.
- Ignore
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've seen disgusting excess in business, and I've seen disgusting excess in Washington. But at the same time, I've certainly learned that Washington matters and that you can't ignore it, especially when you get into telecom.
- Nov 07, 2020
I would much rather see responsibilities exercised by individuals than have them imposed by the government.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that the use of copyright is going to change dramatically. Part of it is economics. There is just going to be so much content out there - there's a scarcity of attention. Information consumes attention, and there's too much information.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I have the right to know what Steve Forbes paid in taxes - I don't think there should be a law. I think there should be a presumption. I wouldn't vote for a guy who wouldn't reveal what he paid in taxes. That kind of thing.
- Integrity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think copyright is moral, proper. I think a creator has the right to control the disposition of his or her works - I actually believe that the financial issue is less important than the integrity of the work, the attribution, that kind of stuff.
- Nov 07, 2020
I became a real free market fanatic. I'm probably less so now than even two or three years ago.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having seen a non-market economy, I suddenly understood much better what I liked about a market economy.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
From the business point of view - not to overstate it - intellectual property is dead; long live intellectual process. Long live service; long live performance.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020