Time Quote by James Boyle

“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

“Copyright 2014 by Emily”

— Emily March

People have a copyright on their own life.

— Hilton Als

“I can claim copyright only in myself, and occasionally in those who are either dead or have written about the same events, or who…

— Christopher Hitchens

“express written permission of the author. Although the author and publisher have made every effort to ensure that the”

— Amy Wright

“Give me the rights, and I’ll edit and rewrite. Polish you to perfection. But you won’t make best sellers, for you’ll never be published.…

— S. Anne Cole

Any replacement to the current copyright position (life plus 70 years) needs to have an answer lined up for this, and similar, messy edge cases.

— Charles Stross

“The precursor of copyright law served to force the identification of the author so that he could be punished if he proved to be…

— James Boyle

“The right to be attributed as an author of a work is not merely a copyright, it is every author’s basic human right”

— Kalyan C. Kankanala

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

— Mose Allison

“For me -- for pretty much every writer -- the big problem isn't piracy, it's obscurity.”

— Cory Doctorow

The primary objective of copyright is not to reward the labor of authors, but ‘[t]o promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts.' To…

— Sandra Day O'Connor