"Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds."
-John Perry Barlow
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"The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it.“
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"They seem to have forgotten that, and are back saying the only purpose of P2P networks is for illegal trading of owned goods. We claim part of the reason for P2P is for legal trading of what ought to be in public domain. And what is in public domain in many cases."
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"But groundless hope, like unconditional love, is the only kind worth having."
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"If we had had the right technology back then, you would have seen Eva Braun on the Donahue show and Adolf Hitler on Meet the Press."
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"Technology has changed, and we need to figure out how to improve the archaic way of what makes a hit, or how to determine how many viewers are watching beyond some people with Nielsen boxes in a small percentage of homes in random areas."
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"Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously."
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"I don't think people buy technology products because of the personalities of the people behind them."
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"Just let me use the technology I want at a fair price."
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"But I don't think we'll go there until we go back to the moon and develop a technology base for living and working and transporting ourselves through space."
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