Abuse Quote by Rebecca MacKinnon

The copyright industry has managed to kill civil liberties for their own children, ushering in a dystopian surveillance machine, merely to avoid taking responsibility…

— Rick Falkvinge

The internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.

— Anonymous

The problem with copyright enforcement is that when the parameters aren't incredibly well defined, it means big corporations, who have deeper pockets and better…

— Shepard Fairey

Few would deny the importance of tackling online hatred or child abuse content. The internet, after all, has become a key weapon for those…

— Owen Jones

The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it.

— John Perry Barlow

History is rife with examples of governments taking actions to 'protect' their citizens from harm by controlling access to information and inhibiting freedom of…

— Vint Cerf

Blocking material leads to censorship. That goes for pornography and bestiality, too. If you don't like it, don't look at it... Every time I…

— Judith Krug

For years, members of Congress have heard from constituents who want them to protect the nation from crime, terrorism and intellectual property violation. They…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

I think the reality is that copyright law has for a very long time been a tiny little part of American jurisprudence, far removed…

— Lawrence Lessig

Censorship is a really big deal, but online you don't have anything. You have slightly more freedom.

— Tahir Raj Bhasin

There's always a tricky issue when you get into stolen material or pornography. The laws for online publishing the same as for print-based publishing,…

— Bill Gates

Copyright law is a dinosaur, ill-suited for the landscape of today's media.

— Kaskade