I had not counted on the capacity of trusted systems to
go on working indefinitely, thus transforming a market where wine
is sold in bottles from which everyone may drink infinitely -- as is
the case with books -- into a market where all wine is sold by the
sip. Forever.
-- John Perry Barlow The Atlantic Unbound
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound//forum/copyright/barlow2.htm
Copyright is the best international instrument for shutting people up
when they threaten the status quo. A country may be limited to
proscribing expression that resides on servers within its own borders,
but thanks to the Berne Convention, no country is limited to its
borders when it comes to proscribing expressions that contain any
expressions that might be copyrighted.
Copyright has been and will be used to maintain the authority of the
already powerful on a global basis.
-- John Perry Barlow The Atlantic Unbound
http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound//forum/copyright/barlow2.htm