Who Knew?“We have achieved the technical possibility of sending copyrighted works in digital, private communications. That technology is not going away, leaving us with two choices. If copyright is to be enforced – if you are to tax, prohibit, fee, fine, or otherwise hinder the transmission of copyrighted works in private communications, the only way to achieve that is to have all private communications constantly monitored. It’s really that large. So we’re at a crossroads here. 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.”
- Richard Falkvinge (Leader of the Swedish Pirate Party)
