“The culture around here is much less cutthroat than it is in, say, Silicon Valley, or even within the non-profit culture in D.C.” CultureProfitValleysSiliconSilicon ValleyNon Profit Author:Ethan Zuckerman
“For better or worse, we are the Court of Appeals for the Hollywood Circuit. Millions of people toil in the shadow of the law we make, and much of their livelihood is made possible by the existence of intellectual property rights. But much of their livelihood - and much of the vibrancy of our culture - also depends on the existence of other intangible rights: The right to draw ideas from a rich and varied public domain, and the right to mock, for profit as well as fun, the cultural icons of our time.” PeopleWellsMadeIdeasLawCultureFunExistenceMillionsRichRightsDependsIntellectualDrawsShadowHollywoodCourtPropertyProfitAppealsOur TimeToilDomainIconsMockProperty RightsCircuitsLivelihoodIntangibleIntellectual PropertyVibrancyPublic Domain Author:Alex Kozinski
“As the dolphin becomes just another victim of humanity's utilitarian attitudes towards the earth, it seems as though the ancient friendship between our respective species is no longer entirely reciprocal. Such exploitation is nowhere more evident than in the capture and display of cetaceans for profit. Stripped of their natural identity, deprived of their own culture and environment, the dolphin and whale incarcerated within the oceanarium not only symbolizes an abuse of that ancient relationship, but above all our estrangement from nature as a whole.” WholeSeemsEarthHumanityCultureNaturalAttitudeEnvironmentIdentityAbuseVictimSpeciesAncientProfitCaptureDisplayExploitationEvidentDeprivedWhalesDolphinsReciprocalEstrangementUtilitarian Author:Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan
“Ultimately we must concern ourselves with pulling out by its roots the decadence that controls our culture, the profit motive that controls our culture.” CultureConcernRootsProfitMotivePullingDecadenceProfit Motive Author:Jane Fonda
“Copyright protects corporate monopoly rights over culture and provides much of the profits to media conglomeratesm encouraging the wholesale privatization of our common culture.” CultureCommonRightsMediaProtectProfitCorporateMonopolyCopyrightWholesalePrivatizationCommon Culture Author:Robert Waterman McChesney
“A city built upon mud; A culture built upon profit; Free speech nipped in the bud, The minority always guilty. Why should I want to go back To you, Ireland, my Ireland?” WantShouldCultureCitiesSpeechBuiltProfitGuiltyMinoritiesIrelandFree SpeechShould IMudBudDecadence Book:Collected Poems Source: Collected Poems