I support copyright. I mean it is intellectual property, it is the thought process of someone and those things should always be… — Jeff Mills Copy Share Image
This song ain't black or white and as far as I know it don't infringe on anyone's copyright. — George Harrison Copy Share Image
I have always found it interesting... that there are people who regard copyright infringement as a form of flattery. — Tom Lehrer Copy Share Image
My sense of proprietorship has been so weak that actually I didn't pay attention and I lost the copyrights on a lot… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
When in Rome, I must do as the Romans do. When in America, make Bikram copyright and trademark. — Bikram Choudhury Copy Share Image
The problem with copyright is it only protects that literal work. It doesn't protect the design and the ideas. That's unfortunate. — Shiva Ayyadurai Copy Share Image
You don't think we have a copyright to forgiveness, it is done by people everywhere. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
I should probably bequeath the copyrights to my screenplay for Spies Like Us, just in case. — Nathan Hale Copy Share Image
There are so many items that are not in the copyright domain. And people might not realize the Library of Congress manages… — Carla Hayden Copy Share Image
We have a massive system to regulate creativity. A massive system of lawyers regulating creativity as copyright law has expanded in unrecognizable… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
We safeguard the right to attribution very strongly. After all, what we are fighting for is the intent of copyright as it… — Rick Falkvinge Copy Share Image
Every artist learns through imitation, but I rather doubt the aim of these things is artistic development. I assume they're either homages… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
I stole a lot from Gary Oldman. I stole the hairdo from his incarnation of Dracula. We cheated it just enough, so… — Justin Theroux Copy Share Image
I have made it a rule for a long time, not to part with the copyright of my drawings, for I have… — Kate Greenaway Copy Share Image
In practice, the copyright system does a bad job of supporting authors, aside from the most popular ones. Other authors' principal interest… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
I have no problem selling books to media franchises and we do it all the time. The author must understand that he/she… — Richard Curtis Copy Share Image
We live in a world with "free" content, and this freedom is not an imperfection. We listen to the radio without paying… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
“All trademarks, company names, registered names, products, characters, mottos, logos, jingles and catchphrases used or cited in this work are the property… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
“Copyright owners can prevent others from building new works on characters (e.g. Mickey Mouse) that are already familiar to customers. The result… — Eric von Hippel Copy Share Image
In the old days, you would have one lawyer to handle everything: speeding tickets, buying a house, contracts, litigation, real estate, copyrights,… — James Belushi Copy Share Image
Screenwriting is a terrible way to make a living and I always try to talk anyone out of it. Until you sit… — Amy Holden Jones Copy Share Image
Monopolies are not justified by theory; they should be permitted only when justified by facts. If there is no solid basis for… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
The crystal ball has a question mark in its center. There are some fundamental choices to be made. We will either choose… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
I am dramatic,” said Will. “If I had not been a Shadowhunter, I would have had a future on the stage. I… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“How one creates customers by suing them en masse is a mystery known only to the copyright industries.” — William Patry Copy Share Image
“Moral rights form the essence of copyright law. When they conflict with economic rights, moral rights must always prevent” — Kalyan C. Kankanala Copy Share Image
The marketplace can handle this. The laws are there. The courts have shown a consistent ability to find a balance between copyright… — Hilary Rosen Copy Share Image
I have a hunch that the unknown sequences of DNA will decode into copyright notices and patent protections. — Donald Knuth Copy Share Image
The war against illegal file-sharing is like the church's age-old war against masturbation. It's a war you just can't win. — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
But here's the thing: what you do as a screenwriter is you sell your copyright. As a novelist, as a poet, as… — Beth Henley Copy Share Image
Non-commercial file sharing should of course become legal and protected, and must re-think copyright all together. — Peter Sunde Copy Share Image
Adam was the author of sin, and I wish he had taken out an international copyright on it. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
YouTube is committed to balancing the needs of the fan community with those of copyright holders. — Chad Hurley Copy Share Image
“The right to be attributed as an author of a work is not merely a copyright, it is every author’s basic human… — Kalyan C. Kankanala Copy Share Image
We as a music community have our own issues about advocacy, copyright, intellectual property, being paid fairly for the work that we… — Neil Portnow Copy Share Image
Fair use is always going to be a gray area, and it should be. We need to allow for things we can't… — Robin Gross Copy Share Image
“Copyrights do not and cannot trump publicity rights, they are mutually exclusive” — Kalyan C. Kankanala Copy Share Image
Laws and mechanisms originally meant to enforce copyright, protect children and fight online crime are abused to silence or intimidate political critics. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
The rights of copyright holders need to be protected, but some draconian remedies that have been suggested would create more problems than… — Patrick Leahy Copy Share Image
When you have a group of engineers and designers, they are not exactly the best to deal with copyright law. — Chad Hurley Copy Share Image