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{{quote|''As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth's final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he deems himself your master.''
|''[[Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri]]'', Commissioner Pravin Lal, "U.N. Declaration of Rights"}}
Alice has something she wants to share with the world. A scientific advancement, most often. She's going to go public and make the world, perhaps, a little better. Maybe it's the cure for a disease, a solution for world hunger or an abundant source of energy. Maybe it's [[ET Gave Us Wi-Fi|of alien origin]]. In any case, Alice doesn't want to limit access to it through copyrights or patents or anything of the sort.
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[[Super-Trope]] of [[Withholding the Cure]]. Compare [[Keeping Secrets Sucks]]. Contrast [[Digital Piracy Is Evil]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* This is the main conflict of ''[[Gundam Unicorn]]'' and the Laplace Box: {{spoiler|It contains the original draft of the colonies' charter, stating that they were always meant to be free from the Earth governments. Meaning that ''Zeon was right all along''!}}
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* The comic ''[[Toxic Planet]]'' is set in an unbelievably polluted future (everyone wears a gas mask all the time). At one point, the oil reserves finally, completely dry up, and the politicians look around for solutions. One [[Beleaguered Assistant]] mentions he remembers a scientist who'd found a way to completely eliminate the need for oil. [[Anvilicious|The next panel has a skeleton in a lab coat shackled to the dungeon wall, while the guard asks "You sure this is the guy you want?".]]
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== Film ==
* In ''[[Unknown (2011 film)|Unknown]]'', the assassins' goal is to prevent the open-source release of a new variety of corn on behalf of agribusiness giants.
* In ''[[Anti Trust]]'', the [[Big Bad]] [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] acquires code for his [[Killer App]] through multiple crimes, up to and including murder. The good guys, upon exposing him, release the source code online, accompanied by an e-mail saying, "Human knowledge belongs to the world".
* In ''[[Tron: Legacy]]'', Sam Flynn stages an undercover operation to release the source code of Encom's operating system to the public (he's the main stockholder of the company, it's legal for him to do so).
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== Literature ==
* "The Green Leopard Plague", a short story by Walter Jon Williams [https://web.archive.org/web/20120212125036/http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0406/greenleopards.shtml (available here)] features this regarding hunger; [[Framing Device|the main character uncovers the history]] of how the invention of photosynthesis in humans to combat hunger was suppressed by regimes who used it as a weapon.
* ''Printcrime'', a short-story by [[Cory Doctorow]], is about a corrupt, corporatist regime trying to supress the use of a new type of 3D printer. They are about as successful as you would probably expect.
* ''[[The Lost Symbol]]'' has the antagonist trying to destroy all evidence of scientific research proving Noetic Science.
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* In ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'', when [[Named After Somebody Famous|Dean Martin]] [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20071211.html steals Jean Poule's research data] to make a monster of his own, he justifies the theft by saying, "But ''information wants to be free''! I had a public ''duty'' to steal it!"
* ''[[Vexxarr]]'' has an AI arguing for this... sort of: "[http://www.vexxarr.com/archive.php?seldate=111111 Everyone gets that one ''wrong!'']"
* ''[[xkcd]]'' with [https://xkcd.com/1228/ Prometheus].
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