John Perry Barlow — American Writer born on October 03, 1947,

John Perry Barlow is an American poet and essayist, a retired Wyoming cattle rancher, and a cyberlibertarianpolitical activist who has been associated with both the Democratic and Republican parties. He is also a former lyricist for the Grateful Dead and a founding member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Freedom of the Press Foundation. Since May 1998, he has been a Fellow at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. He has been identified by Time magazine as one of the "School of Rock: 10 Supersmart Musicians"... (wikipedia)

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.
I had always thought that the idea of love at first sight was one of those things invented by lady novelists from the South with three names.
The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it.
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.
If all ideas have to be bought, then you have an intellectually regressive system that will assure you have a highly knowledgeable elite and an ignorant mass.