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.

Napster was predicating its business model on violation of copyright.

I was interested in implements of mass destruction - from an academic point of view.

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.

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.

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.

Breaking into a system or exposing its weaknesses is a good thing because truth and knowledge must win out.

When I'm not supposed to do something, it becomes more attractive to me.