Copyrights do not and cannot trump publicity rights, they…

Of course, corporations and governments have a right to something for their money. They pay the wages. But they don't have the ethical right…

— John Ralston Saul

Any replacement to the current copyright position (life plus 70 years) needs to have an answer lined up for this, and similar, messy edge cases.

— Charles Stross

My sense of proprietorship has been so weak that actually I didn't pay attention and I lost the copyrights on a lot of the…

— Leonard Cohen

I think the reality is that copyright law has for a very long time been a tiny little part of American jurisprudence, far removed…

— Lawrence Lessig

“In our haste to disseminate news, it should not be forgotten that the Framers intended copyright itself to be the engine of free expression.…

— Neil Weinstock Netanel

In 2002, Google began an ambitious project to digitize every book in the world. It was intended as a search project: type in a…

— Robert Darnton

The rights of copyright holders need to be protected, but some draconian remedies that have been suggested would create more problems than they would…

— Patrick Leahy

In India, most people are not aware or are unconcerned about copyright laws. This has proved disastrous for the music fraternity.

— Ilaiyaraaja

You need to recognize that the copyright date on a book reflects when it came out, not when it was written - assume that…

— Jamais Cascio

Whenever a copyright law is to be made or altered, then the idiots assemble.

— Mark Twain

But, like all metaphoric wars, the copyright wars are not actual conflicts of survival. Or at least, they are not conflicts for survival of…

— Lawrence Lessig

I have a hunch that the unknown sequences of DNA will decode into copyright notices and patent protections.

— Donald Knuth

Napster's only alleged liability is for contributory or vicarious infringement. So when Napster's users engage in noncommercial sharing of music, is that activity copyright…

— David Boies

I'm a bit cynical that it ever will be addressed properly. I think it is healthy to get some sort of copyright protection. But…

— Peter Gabriel

The U.S. obviously has all the evidence they need to prosecute bankers. They just need to search their own spy database and then there…

— Kim Dotcom