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What I'm thinking about more and more these days is simply the importance of transparency, and Jefferson's saying that he'd rather have a free press without a government than a government without a free press.

~Esther Dyson

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I think copyright is moral, proper. I think a creator has the right to control the disposition of his or her works - I actually believe that the financial issue is less important than the integrity of the work, the attribution, that kind of stuff.

~Esther Dyson

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Having seen a non-market economy, I suddenly understood much better what I liked about a market economy.

~Esther Dyson

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I've seen disgusting excess in business, and I've seen disgusting excess in Washington. But at the same time, I've certainly learned that Washington matters and that you can't ignore it, especially when you get into telecom.

~Esther Dyson

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I think that the use of copyright is going to change dramatically. Part of it is economics. There is just going to be so much content out there - there's a scarcity of attention. Information consumes attention, and there's too much information.

~Esther Dyson

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Don't leave hold of your common sense. Think about what you're doing and how the technology can enhance it. Don't think about technology first.

~Esther Dyson

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It may not always be profitable at first for businesses to be online, but it is certainly going to be unprofitable not to be online.

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Well, take the evolution of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It began as hackers' rights. Then it became general civil liberties of everybody - government stay away.

~Esther Dyson

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There's almost no way of doing importing honestly, because if you do you're at such a disadvantage competitively. So people spend huge amounts of effort getting around stupid laws and not paying taxes.

~Esther Dyson

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Since I became chairman, I've tried to turn EFF into civil liberties and responsibilities.

~Esther Dyson

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: July 14th, 1951

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