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> [We safeguard the right to attribution very strongly. After all, what we are fighting for is the intent of copyright as it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-falkvinge/we-safeguard-the-right-to-attribution-very-strongly-after-all-what-we/)

[Rick Falkvinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-falkvinge/)

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> [The copyright industry has managed to kill civil liberties for their own children, ushering in a dystopian surveillance machine, merely to avoid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-falkvinge/the-copyright-industry-has-managed-to-kill-civil-liberties-for-their/)

[Rick Falkvinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-falkvinge/)

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> [Either we, as a society, decide that copyright is the greater value to society, and take active steps to give up private…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-falkvinge/either-we-as-a-society-decide-that-copyright-is-the-greater-value-to/)

[Rick Falkvinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-falkvinge/)

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## Other authors on Copyright

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-lawrence-lessig-59097.jpg) Lawrence Lessig 23 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/copyright/lawrence-lessig/)
- [Kalyan C. Kankanala 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/copyright/kalyan-c-kankanala/)

## More by Rick Falkvinge

> [Bitcoin will do to banks what email did to the postal industry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-falkvinge/bitcoin-will-do-to-banks-what-email-did-to-the-postal-industry/)

[Rick Falkvinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-falkvinge/)

> [We safeguard the right to attribution very strongly. After all, what we are fighting for is the intent of copyright as it is described…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-falkvinge/we-safeguard-the-right-to-attribution-very-strongly-after-all-what-we/)

[Rick Falkvinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-falkvinge/)

> [Bitcoin represents a significant threat to the currency domination of the USA, which is the only thing propping up the nation’s status as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-falkvinge/bitcoin-represents-a-significant-threat-to-the-currency-domination-of/)

[Rick Falkvinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-falkvinge/)

> [Bitcoin is getting there but it’s not there yet. When it gets there, expect governments to panic and society to be reshaped into something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-falkvinge/bitcoin-is-getting-there-but-it-s-not-there-yet-when-it-gets-there/)

[Rick Falkvinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-falkvinge/)

> [The copyright industry has managed to kill civil liberties for their own children, ushering in a dystopian surveillance machine, merely to avoid taking responsibility…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-falkvinge/the-copyright-industry-has-managed-to-kill-civil-liberties-for-their/)

[Rick Falkvinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-falkvinge/)

> [When the Iron Curtain fell, all of the West rejoiced that the East would become just as free as the West. It was never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-falkvinge/when-the-iron-curtain-fell-all-of-the-west-rejoiced-that-the-east/)

[Rick Falkvinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-falkvinge/)

> [Either we, as a society, decide that copyright is the greater value to society, and take active steps to give up private communications as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-falkvinge/either-we-as-a-society-decide-that-copyright-is-the-greater-value-to/)

[Rick Falkvinge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-falkvinge/)

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