Answers Quote by Charles Stross

“At the moment, everyone gets a copyright as soon as the work is written down or otherwise fixed, whether they want one or not.”

— James Boyle

Now that copyrights can be just about a century long, the inability to know what is protected and what is not protected becomes a…

— Lawrence Lessig

I don't care what anyone does, as long as they go through the copyright office.

— Mose Allison

Copyright law is a dinosaur, ill-suited for the landscape of today's media.

— Kaskade

I'm not a big believer in our copyright laws; I find them way too restrictive.

— Michael Moore

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

One of many challenges is of course to create a legal basis for copyright issues that's up to date with both modern distribution, consumer…

— Lisa Langseth

The most effective copyright protection known to man: a scratched CD

— Ritu Ghatourey

What I really think is that our current model of copyright is fundamentally broken. We badly need to replace it with a different system…

— Charles Stross

People have a copyright on their own life.

— Hilton Als

“For all its flaws, copyright provides some incentive for people to take on the risk of creating new work by allowing for the possibility…

— Astra Taylor

Certainly the interest in asserting copyright is a justified one.

— Johannes Rau