The ‘Total Information Awareness’ project is truly diabolical – mostly because of the legal changes which have made it possible in the first place. As a consequence of the Patriot Act, government now has access to all sorts of private and commercial databases that were previously off limits. John Perry Barlow Read Quote
I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods. John Perry Barlow Read Quote
The government targets ‘Anonymous’ for the same reason it targets al-Qaida – because they’re the enemy. John Perry Barlow Read Quote
Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. John Perry Barlow Read Quote
We will create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane and fair than the world your governments have made before. John Perry Barlow Read Quote
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 try to own something that remains in your possession even after you give it to many others. John Perry Barlow Read Quote
So I’m just waiting until one party or the other actually gets a moral compass and a backbone. John Perry Barlow Read Quote
But groundless hope, like unconditional love, is the only kind worth having. John Perry Barlow Read Quote
The Internet may well disempower the nation state, but at the same time, it also strengthens certain specific state functions – like surveillance. As a political entity, it doesn’t empower the nation sate. It creates the availability of much more data than the digestive system of the nation state could possibly assimilate. John Perry Barlow Read Quote
