Advent Quote by Edward Felten

“If “piracy” means using value from someone else’s creative property without permission from that creator–as it is increasingly described today – then every industry…

— Lawrence Lessig

It's easy to make a pirate copy when you have digital tapes of things. And it was so complicated and complex to go through…

— Jose Padilha

There are a lot of kids out there copying and distributing movies - not because they care about seeing the movies or sharing them…

— John Perry Barlow

Movie distribution may very well have migrated fully to digital form by then, making a huge dent in the need to print film and…

— Anonymous

If you look at film, distribution is pre-bought. If you've paid for the distribution, you say, 'I have to make sure it's a film…

— Shane Smith

Hollywood and the recording industry argue that current law permits the copying of songs and movies, and sharing them on the Internet. This enables…

— Suzanne Fields

The nice thing about piracy is, it allows the public to get independent art, to get a variety of music and movies.

— Lloyd Kaufman

I'm not sure why anybody makes a physical CD anymore when the costs are so much lower to just throw it up on iTunes.…

— Cliff Martinez

The problem for most artists isn't piracy, it's obscurity.

— Tim O'Reilly

There are so many people who are making movies now who can’t get any kind of distribution, so the market seems like it’s flooded.

— Charlie Kaufman

The digital revolution has changed the way we do things because you're not under that pressure that film is precious and film is expensive.

— Colm Meaney

I don't think piracy is going to kill the music industry. But digital technology and the ability to download will change the packaging from…

— Richard Parsons