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I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods.

— John Perry Barlow

I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods. It's a tricky thing to…

— John Perry Barlow

The alternative to intellectual property is straightforward: intellectual products should not be owned, as in the case of everyday language. That means not owned…

— Brian Martin

Intellectual property is the oil of the 21 century. Look at the richest men a hundred years ago; they all made their money extracting…

— Mark Getty

Intellectual property is an important legal and cultural issue. Society as a whole has complex issues to face here: private ownership vs. open source,…

— Tim Berners-Lee

People recognize intellectual property the same way they recognize real estate. People understand what property is. But it's a new kind of property, and…

— Michael Nesmith

Intellectual Property is the oil of the 21st century.

— Mark Getty

Owning the intellectual property is like owning land: You need to keep investing in it again and again to get a payoff; you can't…

— Esther Dyson

There are people out there who don't see value in intellectual property, and so they're always going to have a problem if there are…

— Paul Allen

I think intellectual property is more like land, and copyright violation is more like trespass. Even though you don't take anything away from the…

— Brad Templeton

People have to respect intellectual property.

— Coco Lee

While American intellectual property deserves protection, that protection must be won and defended in a manner that does not stifle innovation, erode due process…

— Rebecca MacKinnon