Jon Lech Johansen

“DRM is about taking choice away from the consumer.”

“It's important to have free and open source software to be able to control your own technical environment.”

“I'm not against people making money. I'm against people controlling what you do with your property.”

“The real pirates are the ones who are stealing our rights.”

“Most of the tools I've developed have been for my own use. I've been sharing them because I have a community spirit.”

“The more closed a system is, the more likely it is to be broken.”