Even if it was a difficult operation to copy a song, it only takes one person to do it. After that the spread of the song via the Internet or other means of propagation is only limited by the honesty of the users.
Truth
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I can write a program that lets you break the copy protection on a music file. But I can't write a program that solders new connections onto a chip for you.
Wisdom
Silicon Valley is constantly saying that the government is irrelevant and powerless. But that's because most people there have never seen it get serious.
Wisdom
Breaking into a system or exposing its weaknesses is a good thing because truth and knowledge must win out.
Truth
People don't want to talk about death, just like they don't want to talk about computer security. Maybe I should have named my workstation Fear. People are so motivated by fear.
Success
What is right, what is wrong, how can anyone say? I view very, very, few things as Right with a capital R.
Wisdom
I was fairly solitary. I didn't like structured learning. People didn't seem to be my cup of tea.
Education
I was interested in implements of mass destruction - from an academic point of view.
Wisdom
If you don't want to deal with them, fine. But don't hamper other people from dealing with them.
Wisdom
The whole idea that what is not normal should be kept secret - that's really distasteful to me.
Wisdom
When I'm not supposed to do something, it becomes more attractive to me.
Wisdom
You have this enormous network and no one knows what's out there.
Success
Even if the music industry simply gave away all their music people would complain that they don't have the bandwidth to download all the stuff - the problem would merely shift from availability to distribution.
Wisdom