All Around Us Are The Consequences Of

We Have A Massive System To Regulate Creativity. A Massive System Of Lawyers Regulating Creativity As Copyright Law Has Expanded In Unrecognizable Forms, Going From A Regulation Of Publishing To A Regulation Of Copying.

A Free Culture Is Not A Culture Without Property; It Is Not A Culture In Which Artists Don't Get Paid. A Culture Without Property, Or In Which Creators Can't Get Paid, Is Anarchy, Not Freedom. Anarchy Is Not What I Advance Here. Instead, The Free Culture That I Defend In This Book Is A Balance Between Anarchy And Control.

But, Like All Metaphoric Wars, The Copyright Wars Are Not Actual Conflicts Of Survival. Or At Least, They Are Not Conflicts For Survival Of A People Or A Society, Even If They Are Wars Of Survival For Certain Businesses Or, More Accurately, Business Models. Thus We Must Keep I Mind The Other Values Or Objectives That Might Also Be Affected By This War. We Must Make Sure This War Doesn't Cost More Than It Is Worth. We Must Be Sure It Is Winnable, Or Winnable At A Price We're Willing To Pay.

A Culture Without Property, Or In Which Creators Can't Get Paid, Is Anarchy, Not Freedom.

It's Fine To Talk About Politics With People You Agree With. But It Is Rude To Argue About Politics With People You Disagree With. Political Discourse Becomes Isolated, And Isolated Discourse Becomes More Extreme.