Art Quote by Hilary Rosen

Most people are fundamentally honest -- if you provide them with a legal way of accessing the music online they'll go for it for…

— John Digweed

I don't think that the real enemy of the music industry is illegal downloading; I think the real enemy of the music industry is…

— Perez Hilton

Stealing music is not right, and I can understand people being very upset about their intellectual property being stolen.

— Steve Jobs

The fact that file sharing goes on, and is as popular as it is, is an incredibly positive thing for the music industry. The…

— Dave Rowntree

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

— Tim O'Reilly

That's something I've always been down with: creative commons and people being able to license their music and allow other people to reuse it…

— Girl Talk

We've got to protect the music and make sure it never gets exploited.

— Lauryn Hill

People aren't going to support an artist just because they have an audio file. They have to feel a real connection.

— Chuck D

I like to think illegal downloads only do real damage to the endless amounts of careless pop music though.

— Ben Howard

There's this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your permission.

— Prince

Look: I download music illegally, if I really want it. But I always then buy the record - I support art.

— Pete Wentz

I'm against people downloading music.

— Noel Gallagher