Digital books and music are often different from their physical counterparts in that consumers buy licences to a work, revocable under an ongoing contract, rather than their own copies. Jonathan Zittrain bookbuyconsumer Change image and share on social
One repressive state after another has had to face the dilemma of wanting abundant Internet for economic advancement, while ruing the ways in which its citizens can become empowered to express themselves fearlessly. Jonathan Zittrain abundantadvancementcitizen share on social
The crucial legacy of the personal computer is that anyone can write code for it and give or sell that code to you - and the vendors of the PC and its operating system have no more to say about it than your phone company does about which answering machine you decide to buy. Jonathan Zittrain answerbuycode share on social
People may be due the benefits of a democratic electoral process. But in the United States, content curators appropriately have a First Amendment right to present their content as they see fit. Jonathan Zittrain amendmentappropriatelybenefit Change image and share on social
The Internet works thanks to loose but trusted connections among its many constituent parts, with easy entry and exit for new Internet service providers or new forms of expanding access. Jonathan Zittrain accessconnectionconstituent Change image and share on social
The Internet's distinct configuration may have made cyberattacks easy to launch, but it has also kindled the flame of freedom. Jonathan Zittrain configurationcyberattacksdistinct Change image and share on social
Attacks on Internet sites and infrastructure, and the compromise of secure information, pose a particularly tricky problem because it is usually impossible to trace an attack back to its instigator. Jonathan Zittrain attackbackcompromise Change image and share on social
A free Net may depend on some wisely developed and implemented locks and a community ethos that secures the keys to those locks among groups with shared norms and a sense of public purpose rather than in the hands of one gatekeeper. Jonathan Zittrain communitydependdevelop share on social
The last refuge of privacy cannot be placed solely in law or technology. It must repose in both, and a thoughtful combination of the two can help us thread a path between having all our secrets trivially discoverable and preserving nothing for our later selves for fear of that discovery. Jonathan Zittrain combinationdiscoverablediscovery share on social
The Internet is a collective hallucination: one of the best humanity has ever generated. Jonathan Zittrain collectivegeneratehallucination Change image and share on social