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title: "3 Copyright Quotes By Cory Doctorow"
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> [“my problem isn’t piracy, it’s obscurity”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-doctorow/my-problem-isn-t-piracy-it-s-obscurity/)

[Cory Doctorow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-doctorow/)

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> [Every time I go past a cinema and see a queue out the door, I think, look at those fools, every penny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-doctorow/every-time-i-go-past-a-cinema-and-see-a-queue-out-the-door-i-think/)

[Cory Doctorow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-doctorow/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8d/cory-doctorow-1928_children_every-time-i-go-past-a-cinema-and-see-a_2574293.png)

> [“This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright #154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody caught singin’ it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-doctorow/this-song-is-copyrighted-in-u-s-under-seal-of-copyright-154085-for-a/)

[Cory Doctorow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-doctorow/)

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## Other authors on Copyright

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-lawrence-lessig-59097.jpg) Lawrence Lessig 23 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/copyright/lawrence-lessig/)
- [Kalyan C. Kankanala 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/copyright/kalyan-c-kankanala/)

## More by Cory Doctorow

> [“For me -- for pretty much every writer -- the big problem isn't piracy, it's obscurity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-doctorow/for-me-for-pretty-much-every-writer-the-big-problem-isn-t-piracy-it-s/)

[Cory Doctorow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-doctorow/)

> [“Kurt smiled a shy smile. "You're just trying to cheer me up," he said. "Course I am," Andy said. "You deserve to be full…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-doctorow/kurt-smiled-a-shy-smile-you-re-just-trying-to-cheer-me-up-he-said/)

[Cory Doctorow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-doctorow/)

> [Right, and you point out something important which is that people who don’t want to pay, people who are pirates, don’t get bothered by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-doctorow/right-and-you-point-out-something-important-which-is-that-people-who/)

[Cory Doctorow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-doctorow/)

> [The other one I did was 'I, Robot.' I take apart Isaac Asimov's Robots world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-doctorow/the-other-one-i-did-was-i-robot-i-take-apart-isaac-asimov-s-robots/)

[Cory Doctorow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-doctorow/)

> [“When in problem, or in doubt, run in cirles, scream and shout”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-doctorow/when-in-problem-or-in-doubt-run-in-cirles-scream-and-shout/)

[Cory Doctorow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-doctorow/)

> [“the problem with reading off a screen isn’t resolution, eyestrain, or compatibility with reading in the bathtub: it’s that computers are seductive, they tempt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-doctorow/the-problem-with-reading-off-a-screen-isn-t-resolution-eyestrain-or/)

[Cory Doctorow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-doctorow/)

> [I'm 17 years old. I'm not a straight-A student or anything. Even so, I figured out how to make an Internet that they can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-doctorow/i-m-17-years-old-i-m-not-a-straight-a-student-or-anything-even-so-i/)

[Cory Doctorow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-doctorow/)

> [“Anything invented before you were eighteen was there all along. Anything invented before you’re thirty is exciting and will change the world forever. Anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-doctorow/anything-invented-before-you-were-eighteen-was-there-all-along/)

[Cory Doctorow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-doctorow/)

> [Novels for me are how I find out what's going on in my own head. And so that's a really useful and indeed critical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-doctorow/novels-for-me-are-how-i-find-out-what-s-going-on-in-my-own-head-and/)

[Cory Doctorow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-doctorow/)

> [“It’s our version of Christian guilt—it’s impious to feel good about your piety. You have to want to be good, but not feel good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-doctorow/it-s-our-version-of-christian-guilt-it-s-impious-to-feel-good-about/)

[Cory Doctorow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-doctorow/)

> [The important thing about security systems isn’t how they work, it’s how they fail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-doctorow/the-important-thing-about-security-systems-isn-t-how-they-work-it-s/)

[Cory Doctorow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-doctorow/)

> [This is why I loved technology: if you used it right, it could give you power and privacy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-doctorow/this-is-why-i-loved-technology-if-you-used-it-right-it-could-give-you/)

[Cory Doctorow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-doctorow/)

> [Funny, for all surveillance, Osama bin Laden is still free—and we're not. Guess who's winning the "war on terror?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-doctorow/funny-for-all-surveillance-osama-bin-laden-is-still-free-and-we-re/)

[Cory Doctorow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-doctorow/)

> [I had this really great amazing thing happen where I almost finished the book and I really needed to come up with an ending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-doctorow/i-had-this-really-great-amazing-thing-happen-where-i-almost-finished/)

[Cory Doctorow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-doctorow/)

> [It's the stupid questions that have some of the most surprising and interesting answers. Most people never think to ask the stupid questions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cory-doctorow/it-s-the-stupid-questions-that-have-some-of-the-most-surprising-and/)

[Cory Doctorow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cory-doctorow/)

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