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With enough of us, around the world, we’ll not just send a strong message opposing the privatization of knowledge — we’ll make it a thing of the past. Will you join us?
The enemies of the freedom to connect have not disappeared.
Freedom to Connect speech (2012)
There is no justice in following unjust laws.
There are those struggling to change this.
There’s a battle going on right now, a battle to define everything that happens on the Internet in terms of traditional things that the law understands.
Freedom to Connect speech (2012)
New technology, instead of bringing us greater freedom, would have snuffed out fundamental rights we had always taken for granted.
Freedom to Connect speech (2012)
Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. The world’s entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a handful of private corporations.
Geeks seem a lot more willing to treat people based on what they can do rather than who they are.
UTI interview (2004)
I’m a teenage kid who’s interested in improving the world (mostly through law, politics, and technology).
UTI interview (2004)
On the one hand, I want to be very open about everything, On the other, I heavily defend people’s right to privacy.
UTI interview (2004)
There are a lot of people, a lot of powerful people, who want to clamp down on the Internet. And to be honest, there aren’t a whole lot who have a vested interest in protecting it from all of that.
Freedom to Connect speech (2012)
Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. What people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity.
I feel that if I only convince people that the other side is a reasonable position to take, even if they themselves don’t take it, then I’ve been a success.
UTI interview (2004)
The law about what is stealing is very clear. Stealing is taking something away from someone so they cannot use it. There’s no way that making a copy of something is stealing under that definition.
UTI interview (2004)
Think deeply about things. Don’t just go along because that’s the way things are or that’s what your friends say. Consider the effects, consider the alternatives, but most importantly, just think.
UTI interview (2004)
We won this fight because everyone made themselves the hero of their own story. Everyone took it as their job to save this crucial freedom. They threw themselves into it. They did whatever they could think of to do. They didn’t stop to ask anyone for permission.
Freedom to Connect speech (2012)