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Michael Wayne Godwin (born October 26, 1956) is an American attorney and author. He was the first staff counsel of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and he created the Internet adage Godwin's law and the notion of Internet meme, as reported in the magazine Wired of October 1994. From July 2007 to October 2010, he was general counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation. In March 2011 he was elected to the Open Source Initiative board. Godwin has served as a contributing editor of Reason magazine since 1994. He is currently general counsel and director of innovation policy at the R Street Institute.

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The remedy for the abuse of free speech is more speech.

Abuse, Free, Free Speech, Speech

Fertilizer played a greater role in this case than computers.

Case, Computer, Fertilizer, Greater, Internet, Roles

The First Amendment was designed to protect offensive speech, because nobody ever tries to ban the other kind.

Ban, Firsts, Freedom Of Speech, Offensive, Speech, Trying

I worry about my child and the Internet all the time, even though she's too young to have logged on yet. Here's what I worry about. I worry that 10 or 15 years from now, she will come to me and say 'Daddy, where were you when they took freedom of the press away from the Internet?'

Appreciation, Children, Logged, Time, Years

Striking a balance in favor of individual rights has always been the right decision for us and that it remains so even when technology gives us new ways to exercise those rights. Individual liberty has never weakened us; freedom of speech, enhanced by the Net, will only make us stronger.

Exercise, Individual, Right, Rights, Technology

I wanted folks who glibly compared someone else to Hitler or to Nazis to think a bit harder about the Holocaust.

Glibly, Holocaust, Nazi, Think, Thinking

If you mention Adolf Hitler or Nazis within a discussion thread, you've automatically ended whatever discussion you were taking part in.

Discussion, Mention, Nazi, Nazis, Part, Thread

The decisions we make about the Internet don't affect just the Internet – they are answers to basic questions about the relationship each citizen has to the government and about the extent to which we trust one another with the full range of fundamental rights granted by the Constitution.

Rights, Government, Decisions We Make, Questions, Affect

In short, individual freedom of speech leads to a stronger society. But knowing that principle is not enough. You have to know how to put it to use on the Net.

Knowing, Freedom Of Speech, Stronger, Net, Individual, Know

Exploring and understanding the Net is an ongoing process. Cyberspace never sits still; it evolves as fast as society itself. Only if we fight to preserve our freedom of speech on the Net will we ensure our ability to keep up with both the Net and society.

Cyberspace, Fighting, Freedom Of Speech, Keep, Preserve, Understanding