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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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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

In Cyberspace, the First Amendment is a local ordinance.

In Cyberspace, the First Amendment is a local ordinance.

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,...

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...

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...

You do not know our culture, our ethics, or the unwritten codes that already provide...

You do not know our culture, our ethics, or the unwritten codes that already provide...

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

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

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

He is always the severest censor of the merit of others who has the least...

He is always the severest censor of the merit of others who has the least...

Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.

Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.