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> [Back before the internet we had a name for people who bought a single copy of our books and lent them to all their friends without charging: we called them "librarians".](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-stross/back-before-the-internet-we-had-a-name-for-people-who-bought-a-single/)

[Charles Stross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-stross/)

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> [Today, we see some "file sharing" sites that rely on fans uploading cracked copies of ebooks, and which then make money off those books by charging for downloads (via cash subscriptions or advertising). Again: I take a dim view of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-stross/today-we-see-some-file-sharing-sites-that-rely-on-fans-uploading/)

[Charles Stross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-stross/)

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## More by Charles Stross

> [We are Bay Aryans from Berkeley: prepare to be reengineered in an attractive range of color schemes for your safety and comfort!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-stross/we-are-bay-aryans-from-berkeley-prepare-to-be-reengineered-in-an/)

[Charles Stross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-stross/)

> [“Shut up. Stand up. Put this on. That’s right . . . if you were the kind of man who found it easy to do that kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-stross/shut-up-stand-up-put-this-on-that-s-right-if-you-were-the-kind-of-man/)

[Charles Stross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-stross/)

> [Generating ideas isn't some mystical talent that you have to be born with: it's a skill you can develop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-stross/generating-ideas-isn-t-some-mystical-talent-that-you-have-to-be-born/)

[Charles Stross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-stross/)

> [Any replacement to the current copyright position (life plus 70 years) needs to have an answer lined up for this, and similar, messy edge cases.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-stross/any-replacement-to-the-current-copyright-position-life-plus-70-years/)

[Charles Stross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-stross/)

> [Time is a corrosive fluid, dissolving motivation, destroying novelty, and leaching the joy from life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-stross/time-is-a-corrosive-fluid-dissolving-motivation-destroying-novelty/)

[Charles Stross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-stross/)

> [“- Toma un puro, Sherlock. - Lo siento; sólo echo humo cuando me enchufan a la red eléctrica.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-stross/toma-un-puro-sherlock-lo-siento-s-lo-echo-humo-cuando-me-enchufan-a/)

[Charles Stross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-stross/)

> [I have no policy, for or against: only a personal style. Which is to say, I use them when I think it's appropriate to;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-stross/i-have-no-policy-for-or-against-only-a-personal-style-which-is-to-say/)

[Charles Stross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-stross/)

> [“To boldly go where no uploaded metahuman colony has gone before”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-stross/to-boldly-go-where-no-uploaded-metahuman-colony-has-gone-before/)

[Charles Stross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-stross/)

> [I was raised thinking that moral and ethical standards are universals that apply equally to everyone. And these values aren't easily compatible with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-stross/i-was-raised-thinking-that-moral-and-ethical-standards-are-universals/)

[Charles Stross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-stross/)

> [I don't like Amazon (wearing my author hat, not my customer hat).](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-stross/i-don-t-like-amazon-wearing-my-author-hat-not-my-customer-hat/)

[Charles Stross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-stross/)

> [“Some say the Internet is for porn but you know that in truth the Internet is for spam.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-stross/some-say-the-internet-is-for-porn-but-you-know-that-in-truth-the/)

[Charles Stross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-stross/)

> [If I forget, then it might as well never have happened. Memory is liberty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-stross/if-i-forget-then-it-might-as-well-never-have-happened-memory-is/)

[Charles Stross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-stross/)

> [“If he wakes the ancient sleeping horrors I am going to have to brief the private secretary and the Joint Intelligence Oversight Committee so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-stross/if-he-wakes-the-ancient-sleeping-horrors-i-am-going-to-have-to-brief/)

[Charles Stross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-stross/)

> [“Crawling eldritch horrors don’t get planning permission unless they’re Trump’s hairpiece.)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-stross/crawling-eldritch-horrors-don-t-get-planning-permission-unless-they/)

[Charles Stross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-stross/)

> [“A historian who works for a bank: That’s not the most likely background for someone who capers around the cosmos having adventures, is it?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-stross/a-historian-who-works-for-a-bank-that-s-not-the-most-likely/)

[Charles Stross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-stross/)

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