There Is Nothing More Dangerous

The Popular Choice, By More Than 2 Million Votes, Is A Completely Qualified Candidate For President.

The More Important Point, However, Is Not About What The Money Does. It's About What Has To Be Done To Get The Money. The Effect Of The Money Might Be (democratically) Benign. But What Is Done To Secure That Money Is Not Necessarily Benign. To Miss This Point Is To Betray The Robin Hood Fallacy: The Fact That The Loot Was Distributed Justly Doesn't Excuse The Means Taken To Secure It.

Creation Always Involves Building Upon Something Else. There Is No Art That Doesn't Reuse. And There Will Be Less Art If Every Reuse Is Taxed By The Appropriator.

The Danger In Media Concentration Comes Not From The Concentration, But Instead From The Feudalism That This Concentration, Tied To The Change In Copyright, Produces.

While Control Is Needed, And Perfectly Warranted, Our Bias Should Be Clear Up Front: Monopolies Are Not Justified By Theory; They Should Be Permitted Only When Justified By Facts. If There Is No Solid Basis For Extending A Certain Monopoly Protection, Then We Should Not Extend That Protection.