“Trying to control information in the network age is about as successful as pissing into the wind.” Quote by Keith Henson
“I don't understand why they call it public broadcasting. As far as I am concerned, there's nothing public about it; it's an elitist enterprise. 'Rush Limbaugh' is public broadcasting.” InternetConcernedEnterpriseFree SpeechElitistBroadcasting Author:Newt Gingrich
“That will change over time the entire flow of information and the entire quality of knowledge in the country and it will change the way people will try to play games in the legislative process.” PeopleWayTryingCountryPlayGamesProcessQualityInformationInternetFlowFree SpeechChanges Over TimeLegislative Process Author:Newt Gingrich
“... Don't mistake any of this for altruism...Fear and greed just doesn't work. If you want to be successful, quality and service just works better.” IfsWantMistakeQualitySuccessfulInternetGreedBeing SuccessfulFree SpeechAltruism Author:Larry Ellison
“I think intellectual property is more like land, and copyright violation is more like trespass. Even though you don't take anything away from the landowner when you trespass, most people understand and respect the laws that make it illegal. The real crime in copyright violation is not the making of the copies, it's the expropriation of the creator's right to control the creation.” PeopleThinkingRealLawLandCrimeCreationInternetIntellectualPropertyCreatorIllegalCopiesFree SpeechViolationCopyrightIntellectual Property Author:Brad Templeton
“Nothing we do in this great capital can change the fact that factories or information can flash across the world, that people can move money around in the blink of an eye... Nothing can change the fact that technology can be adopted, once created, by people all across the world and then rapidly adapted in new and different ways by people who have a little different take on the way that technology works.” PeopleWorldWayLittlesDifferentFactsEyeMovingTechnologyInformationInternetDifferent WaysFactoriesFlashFree SpeechAdoptedAdaptedBlinkBlink Of An Eye Author:William J. Clinton
“Cyberspace still exists at the pleasure of the real world.” WorldStillsRealPleasureInternetReal WorldFree SpeechCyberspace Author:Esther Dyson
“In a Time/CNN poll of 1,000 Americans conducted last week by Yankelovich Partners, two-thirds said it was more important to protect the privacy of phone calls than to preserve the ability of police to conduct wiretaps. When informed about the Clipper Chip, 80% said they opposed it.” SaidTwoImportantLastsAbilityWeekInternetProtectThirdsPolicePhonesPartnersPreservesPrivacyFree SpeechChipsPollsPhone CallsCnn Author:Philip Elmer-DeWitt
“Maybe we need a tax credit for the poorest Americans to buy a laptop. Now, maybe that's wrong, maybe that's expensive, maybe we can't do it, but I'll tell you, any signal that we can send to the poorest Americans that says, 'We're going into a 21st century, third-wave information age, and so are you, and we want to carry you with us.'” WantNeedsAgeCenturyInformationInternetTaxesThirdsWaveCreditExpensiveFree Speech21st CenturySignalsPoorestLaptopsInformation Age Author:Newt Gingrich
“It is almost impossible for anyone outside this damn beltway to really understand how the Congress works. If you aren't here, walking the halls of Congress, sitting at bars and attending parties where you get to knock back some brews with Hill staffers, you don't have a handle on the almost numbing amount of bullshit that goes on.” IfsPartyImpossibleGoes OnAmountInternetWalkingSittingCongressBarsHandleHillsDamnHallsFree SpeechBullshitAttendingNumbing Author:Brock N. Meeks
“If America's tv and movie producers are unwilling to clean up their act... when it comes to sex, bloodshed and violence in their programming... the government stands ready to step in.” IfsGovernmentAmericaSexStepsViolenceReadyTvsInternetCleanProducersProgrammingFree SpeechUnwillingBloodshed Author:Janet Reno