Bram Cohen Quotes

Despite my emphasis on technology, I do not view laws as inherently evil. My goals are political ones, even if my techniques are not. The only way to fundamentally succeed is by changing existing laws. If I rejected all help from the political arena I would inevitably fail.
BRAM COHEN

Law Technology Views
It’s always hard to predict what’s coming up next. My main guess is that content creators will increasingly start using BitTorrent to distribute their own work directly.
BRAM COHEN

Creator Hard Next
Arimaa’s a better game than I thought. It follows a fairly sound approach to making the game difficult for computers.
BRAM COHEN

Computer Games Sound
You get so tired of having your work die. I just wanted to make something that people would actually use.
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People Tired Use
The content people have no clue. I mean, no clue. The cost of bandwidth is going down to nothing. And the size of hard drives is getting so big, and they’re so cheap, that pretty soon you’ll have every song you own on one hard drive. The content distribution industry is going to evaporate.
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Mean People Song
With BitTorrent, the cat’s out of the bag.
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Bags Cat Torrent
Give and ye shall receive.
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Giving Recieve Shall
I am a technological activist. I have a political agenda. I am in favor of basic human rights: to free speech, to use any information and technology, to purchase and use recreational drugs, to enjoy and purchase so-called ‘vices’, to be free of intruders, and to privacy.
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Political Rights Technology
I can come off as pretty arrogant, but it’s because I know I’m right.
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Arrogant Come Knows
Things which any idiot could write usually have the quality of having been written by an idiot.
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Idiot Quality Writing

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