/* I wrote this in the shower one morning. It's just how I felt. */ /* Digital Ebola */ Another one got busted today Not for what you would think I nod my head in silence, yet I am crying inside Another idea stolen Another idea lost Another advance defeated I stand in the mall and I see sheep The flock doesnt know, and the flock doesnt care I am not like you I want to know where something comes from I want to know how something works I watch the flock blindly consume what it doesnt understand My world is not like your world I scream out, but none of you will listen when I do something creative it gets stolen, or shoved aside You do not care You only care about the almighty dollar You will stop at nothing to preserve it I give you my ideas freely You give me the DMCA I give you information security You give me the Patriot Act I have been called every name in the book smartass, hacker, cracker, terrorist You give me a hat and a cliche This madness has to stop Information no longer wants to be free Information IS free No matter what you do to quench it you squash 1 idea and 1000 more ideas will take its place Why fight it? This is and has always been our world You fear what you do not understand You steal what you cannot dream Your lawyers fight until the end Your money flows to what you think is the problem But I am not the problem YOU are the problem. YOU are scared and you want control In our world, WE have the control We hold the ideas and we carry the keys In this digital world of mortals we walk as gods We will not back down You can fight us, you can jail us you can quote your DMCA to us You can force code off one site and it will be mirrored a million times This world is full of people like me Awkward, antisocial, rebellious For I am hacker, one that uses his mind for any idea Not your bought-out media's definition but something that you will never comprehend You will never control what we say or think You will never win against us all This is our new manifesto and while you may silence me You wont get us all.