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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.

— Aaron Swartz UTI interview (2004)

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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.

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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)

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