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One Theme Of What I've Been Writing Has Been To Get People To Understand That "apolitical" Means "you Lose." It Doesn't Mean You Live A Utopian Life Free Of Politicians' Influence. The Destruction Of The Public Domain Is The Clearest Example, But It Will Only Be The First.

For However Much The State May Gain By Not Having To Fund Roads On Its Own, Society Would Lose In Aggregate If The Open Commons Of Transportation Were Lost.

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. This Does Not Mean That Every Copyright Must Prove Its Value Initially. That Would Be A Far Too Cumbersome System Of Control. But It Does Mean That Every System Or Category Of Copyright Or Patent Should Prove Its Worth. Before The Monopoly Should Be Permitted, There Must Be Reason To Believe It Will Do Some Good -- For Society, And Not Just For Monopoly Holders.

Creativity And Innovation Always Builds On The Past. The Past Always Tries To Control The Creativity That Builds Upon It. Free Societies Enable The Future By Limiting This Power Of The Past. Ours Is Less And Less A Free Society.

But It Is As Silly To Think About Peer-to-peer As Applying Just To Music As It Would Have Been To Think About The Internet As Applying Just To Pornography. Whatever The Initial Use Of The Technology, It Has Nothing To Do With The Potential Of The Architecture To Serve Many Other Extremely Important Functions.