I don't agree with the copyright laws and I don't have a problem with people downloading the movie and sharing it with… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
The priceless heritage of our society is the unrestricted constitutional right of each member to think as he will. Thought control is… — Robert H. Jackson 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
“A true poet writes from the language and experiences of their own heart, not those of others.” — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
All artists are protected by copyright... and we should be the first to respect copyright. — Billy Cannon 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
Unfortunately, nothing is ever that simple in copyright law, and when it comes to music copyright, it's especially convoluted. — Sarah Jeong Copy Share Image
The idea of copyright did not exist in ancient times, when authors frequently copied other authors at length in works of non-fiction.… — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
Copyright law has got to give up its obsession with 'the copy.' The law should not regulate 'copies' or 'modern reproductions' on… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
National law has no place in cyberlaw. Where is cyberspace? If you don't like banking laws in the United States, set up… — Nicholas Negroponte Copy Share Image
“Keep in mind that in the whole long tradition of storytelling, from Greek myths through Shakespeare through King Arthur and Robin Hood,… — Michael Montoure Copy Share Image
If other things must be destroyed in order for fire to exist, that's all right with fire. As far as fire is… — Dan Wells Copy Share Image
Either we, as a society, decide that copyright is the greater value to society, and take active steps to give up private… — Rick Falkvinge Copy Share Image
Whether I build a character from the ground up or develop one, whether within my own copyright or in licensed work, I… — Karen Traviss 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
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
In the early days of the software industry, people cared about copyright and didn't give a damn about patents - they copied… — Nathan Myhrvold 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
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
On August 30, 1982, I get issued a copyright officially recognizing me as the inventor of e-mail. — Shiva Ayyadurai Copy Share Image
Human rights are not the preserve of Western activists: The definition must extend to encompass the right to the dignified life; the… — Paul Kagame Copy Share Image
Anything illegal under Chinese law is, of course, not protected by copyright. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
“If “piracy” means using value from someone else’s creative property without permission from that creator–as it is increasingly described today – then… — Lawrence Lessig 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
I think copyright is moral, proper. I think a creator has the right to control the disposition of his or her works… — Esther Dyson Copy Share Image
