We Are A Cut-and-paste Culture. The Aim

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.

I Think The Reality Is That Copyright Law Has For A Very Long Time Been A Tiny Little Part Of American Jurisprudence, Far Removed From Traditional First Amendment Jurisprudence, And That Made Sense Before The Internet. Now There Is An Unavoidable Link Between First Amendment Interests And The Scope Of Copyright Law. The Legal System Is Recognizing For The First Time The Extraordinary Expanse Of Copyright Regulation And Its Regulation Of Ordinary Free-speech Activities.

I Think If The Copyright Regime Focuses On The People We Are Supposed To Be Helping, The Artists And Creators, And Builds A System That Gives Them The Freedom To Choose And To Protect And To Be Rewarded For Their Creativity, Then We Will Have The Right Focus.

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.

Freedom Is About Stopping The Past.