Royalties are not how most writers or musicians make their living. Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with an audience that is economically harnessed through performance and ticket sales.

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Most libertarians are worried about government but not worried about business. I think we need...

Most libertarians are worried about government but not worried about business. I think we need...

Everyone seems to be playing well within the boundaries of his usual rule set. I...

Everyone seems to be playing well within the boundaries of his usual rule set. I...

Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion....

Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion....

They seem to have forgotten that, and are back saying the only purpose of P2P...

They seem to have forgotten that, and are back saying the only purpose of P2P...

So I'm just waiting until one party or the other actually gets a moral compass...

So I'm just waiting until one party or the other actually gets a moral compass...

I mean I look forward to the day when I can be Republican again.

I mean I look forward to the day when I can be Republican again.

I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural...

I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural...

We will create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane...

We will create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane...

Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion....

Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion....

The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it.

The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it.

I don't know that I believe in the supernatural, but I do believe in miracles,...

I don't know that I believe in the supernatural, but I do believe in miracles,...

Our universities are so determined to impose tolerance that they'll expel you for saying what...

Our universities are so determined to impose tolerance that they'll expel you for saying what...

The one thing that I know government is good for is countervailing against monopoly. It's...

The one thing that I know government is good for is countervailing against monopoly. It's...

If all ideas have to be bought, then you have an intellectually regressive system that...

If all ideas have to be bought, then you have an intellectually regressive system that...

I'm still strongly opposed to antismoking laws, strongly opposed to any law that regulates personal...

I'm still strongly opposed to antismoking laws, strongly opposed to any law that regulates personal...

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to...

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to...

Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion....

Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion....

It didn't matter what we did or where we did it as long as we...

It didn't matter what we did or where we did it as long as we...

But generally speaking, I felt to engage in the political process was to sully oneself...

But generally speaking, I felt to engage in the political process was to sully oneself...

But groundless hope, like unconditional love, is the only kind worth having.

But groundless hope, like unconditional love, is the only kind worth having.