“The war between the music companies and the consumers has been fought. We lost.”
Warner Music chairman Edgar Bronfman Jr., acknowledging defeat by launching a CD-free “e-label,” PC World, 23 August 2005
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BUILD-YOUR-OWN B-LIST
“We want to document the event as much as possible to create a toolkit so that this can be done in cities across the country and internationally.”
Software developer Chris Messina, on organizing an alternative to the invitation-only Foo Camp, Wired News, 22 August 2005
INFORMATION WANTS TO BE BROKEN INTO
“The way to think of it is, you case the joint.”
Julia Komissarchik, on the way her startup, Glenbrook Networks, pries information out of resistant websites, San Jose Mercury News, 17 August 2005
THE CITY THAT KNOWS HOW TO CRACK A WEP PASSWORD
“We are going to be able to wire the city in a dynamic way so the entire city is a hot zone.”
San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom, on getting residents connected via Wi-Fi to this Intraweb thing all the kids are talking about, International Herald Tribune, 17 August 2005
SWITCH HITTERS
“It’s rather strange that we would have such a tremendous response for the purchase of a laptop computer, and laptop computers that probably have less-than-desirable attributes.”
Henrico County official Paul Proto, on the stampede that resulted from putting used iBooks on sale for $50, BBC News, 17 August 2005
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