I think copyright is moral, proper. I think a creator has the right to control the disposition of his or her works - I actually believe that the financial issue is less important than the integrity of the work, the attribution, that kind of stuff.


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The question that will decide our destiny is not whether we shall expand into space. It is: shall we...
FREEMAN DYSON
It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humo...
FREEMAN DYSON
If we had a reliable way to label our toys good and bad, it would be easy to regulate technology wis...
FREEMAN DYSON
There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use.
FREEMAN DYSON
The technologies which have had the most profound effects on human life are usually simple. A good e...
FREEMAN DYSON
I am acutely aware of the fact that the marriage between mathematics and physics which was so enormo...
FREEMAN DYSON
A good cause can become bad if we fight for it with means that are indiscriminately murderous. A bad...
FREEMAN DYSON
Every orchid or rose or lizard or snake is the work of a dedicated and skilled breeder. There are th...
FREEMAN DYSON
Designing aircraft and racing cars is an extremely exciting thing.
JAMES DYSON
Many of the technologies that are now racing ahead most rapidly, replacing human workers in factorie...
FREEMAN DYSON
Some people are academically inclined, some vocationally and we shouldn't penalise the latter.
JAMES DYSON
When decisions on nuclear power stations and runways are delayed and the government dilly-dallies, p...
JAMES DYSON
The computer dictates how you do something, whereas with a pencil you're totally free.
JAMES DYSON
A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design tha...
FREEMAN DYSON
I see a bright future for the biotechnology industry when it follows the path of the computer indust...
FREEMAN DYSON
The biologists have essentially been pushed aside. Al Gore's just an opportunist. The person who...
FREEMAN DYSON
Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God's gifts. I...
FREEMAN DYSON
Engineering undergraduates should not be charged fees. They should receive grants, not student loans...
JAMES DYSON
Successful technologies often begin as hobbies. Jacques Cousteau invented scuba diving because he en...
FREEMAN DYSON
It feels good to be back. I got tired of sitting in that training room all day, every day, while all...
ANDRE DYSON
It wasn't really the game of my life. If it was the game of my life, I would have been able to finis...
ANDRE DYSON
We just jumped on them and didn't let them breathe.
ANDRE DYSON
We're happy to have him back. But we want him to come back when he's ready and healthy.
ANDRE DYSON
They can't throw a jump ball every play. They can't just go out there and throw it as high as they c...
ANDRE DYSON
I just thanked him for stepping up today and playing big when we had guys go down.
ANDRE DYSON
He's a great player. He has everything you want as a corner. That's why he was drafted in the first ...
ANDRE DYSON
I hope that's one of the reasons they brought me in. I wasn't here last year, so I don't know how th...
ANDRE DYSON