#piracy

If “piracy means using the creative property of others without their permission- if “if value, then right” is true- then the history of the content industry is a history of piracy. Every important sector of “big media” today- film, records, radio, and cable TV-was born of a kind of piracy so defined. The consistent story is how last generation’s pirates join this generation’s country club-until now. ↗

— Lawrence Lessig

#media #piracy #nature

Human beings are pattern-seeking animals. It's part of our DNA. That's why conspiracy theories and gods are so popular: we always look for the wider, bigger explanations for things. ↗

— Adrian McKinty

#gods #humans #patterns #religion #religion

The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#age-old #brave #conscience #conspiracy #constant

We have seen the damage already caused to the music industry and we have to continue to make the public and government bodies globally aware of the damage that will happen if DVD piracy is not brought under control. ↗

— Callum McDougall

#aware #bodies #brought #caused #continue

Putin and his advisers don't understand the power of public opinion in the West. They believe in conspiracy theories and that someone is orchestrating a malicious campaign against Russia. They don't realize that even conservative politicians have to react when newspapers and artists express their concern on such an issue. ↗

— Alexei Navalny

#artists #believe #campaign #concern #conservative

The nature of the Catilinarian conspiracy was bad and bloody. ↗

— Florence E. Allen

#bloody #conspiracy #nature