May absolutely increased ignorance continue to flourish with relatively increased knowledge. —Stephen Jay Gould
Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. The world’s entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a handful of private corporations [...] Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed [...] There is no justice in following unjust laws. It’s time to come into the light and, in the grand tradition of civil disobedience, declare our opposition to this private theft of public culture. —Aaron Swartz, Guerilla Open Access Manifesto
