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Intellectual property is an important legal and cultural issue. Society as a whole has complex issues to face here: private ownership vs. open source, and so on.

I am a strong believer that intellectual property rights need to be protected.

While American intellectual property deserves protection, that protection must be won and defended in a manner that does not stifle innovation, erode due process under the law, and weaken the protection of political and civil rights on the Internet.

I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods. It's a tricky thing to try to own something that remains in your possession even after you give it to many others.

If you create something, you don't want someone else to go and profit from it; you have your right to make a living and everything. So I respect copyright. What I don't respect is copyright extremism. And I what I don't respect is a business model that encourages piracy.

You cannot steal somebody's intellectual property. Law and justice protect.

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

The problem with copyright enforcement is that when the parameters aren't incredibly well defined, it means big corporations, who have deeper pockets and better lawyers, can bully people.

Americans have been selling this view around the world: that progress comes from perfect protection of intellectual property.

All over the world copyright holders are trying to limit consumers' rights. We cannot have that.