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"I am a free software advocate and, to a much smaller extent, a free software producer. As such, copyrights are important to me--I rely on them to stop people proprietarising free software and protecting their inherent freedoms.

"I used to write a bit of music too. However, piracy was not a problem for me. The difficulty I had was getting people to listen to my music, not stopping them from copying it. A new Pink Floyd I was not..."

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