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Rick Falkvinge

Rick Falkvinge Biography

Political leader

Rick Falkvinge is a Swedish political leader born on January 21, 1972. He is known for his contributions to free software and copyright reform.

Rick Falkvinge is a Swedish political leader born on January 21, 1972. He is known for his contributions to free software and copyright reform.

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“Bitcoin will do to banks what email did to the postal industry.”

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Author:Rick Falkvinge

“Bitcoin represents a significant threat to the currency domination of the USA, which is the only thing propping up the nation’s status as a worldwide superpower.”

Nations Threat Significant Usa Currency Domination Bitcoin Superpower

Author:Rick Falkvinge

“Bitcoin is getting there. But it’s not there yet. When it gets there, expect governments to panic and society to be reshaped into something where governments cannot rely on taxing income nor wealth for running their operations.”

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Author:Rick Falkvinge

“When the Iron Curtain fell, all of the West rejoiced that the East would become just as free as the West. It was never supposed to be the other way around.”

Way West East Supposed To Be Iron Curtains Iron Curtain

Author:Rick Falkvinge

“We safeguard the right to attribution very strongly. After all, what we are fighting for is the intent of copyright as it is described in the US constitution: the promotion of culture. Many artists are using recognition as their primary driving force to create culture.”

Artist Culture Fighting Force Constitution Driving Recognition Primaries Very Strong Promotion Copyright Driving Force Us Constitution Attribution

Author:Rick Falkvinge

“Either we, as a society, decide that copyright is the greater value to society, and take active steps to give up private communications as a concept. Either that, or we decide that the ability to communicate in private, without constant monitoring by authorities, has the greater value - in which case copyright will have to give way.”

Way Giving Values Ability Steps Cases Greater Communication Giving Up Authority Concepts Constant Communicate Active Copyright Monitoring Ability To Communicate

Author:Rick Falkvinge

“The copyright industry has managed to kill civil liberties for their own children, ushering in a dystopian surveillance machine, merely to avoid taking responsibility for their own business failures. I lack words to quantify my contempt for these utter parasites.”

Children Responsibility Liberty Industry Machines Contempt Taking Responsibility Dystopian Surveillance Civil Liberties Own Business Copyright Parasites

Author:Rick Falkvinge

About the Author

Born: January 21, 1972
Known for: Political leader
Quotes: 7

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