Jonathan Zittrain Quotes

You can't give away your vote for something of value, but because there is no material gain, it's not ... clearly in violation of federal law. - Jonathan Zittrain

You can already see the privacy debate moving to the realm of automated massive data mining. When governments begin to suspect people because of where they were at a certain time, it can get very worrying. - Jonathan Zittrain

What is law, ultimately, but the exercise of force? - Jonathan Zittrain

To me, Congress would have been wise to say 'If you build a system that approximates the balance of rights with copyright itself, we'll protect it. If you go overboard, you are on your own,' ... It would have been a harder act to create because it would have had a gray zone ... but that's what we pay legislators to do -- to write subtle legislation. - Jonathan Zittrain

This is completely irrelevant. Let me repeat that, this is completely irrelevant. Domain names are nearly meaningless at this point. - Jonathan Zittrain

This is a mockery of our laws. It's a complete joke. The fact that Congress solemnly inserted this provision that will be used over the next 25 years exactly zero times ... makes me embarrassed to say that I am a law professor in the U.S. - Jonathan Zittrain

There has been a misconception -- and a helpful one -- among many government bureaucrats that the Internet is a non-geographic phenomenon. But it can be reworked to correspond to national jurisdictions and boundaries. - Jonathan Zittrain

There are some conversations that are undeniably improved when the rule going in is that you have to stand behind what you say and have to wear a name tag when you do it. But that's certainly not all conversations. People might be prepared to ethically stand behind what they say, but might be in a position that they can't afford to lose their house over it. Speech shouldn't just be for people with lawyers. - Jonathan Zittrain

The rest of the world doesn't want to see US hegemony here, in large part just for symbolic reasons. - Jonathan Zittrain

The realization that every digital movement is recorded and monitored itself will chill private behavior. - Jonathan Zittrain

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