Copyright law Quote by 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

It has come to be practically a sort of rule in literature that a man, having once shown himself capable of original writing, is…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“There being no international copyright laws, “pirated” editions abounded, with no complaint from the public, or much from authors, who were lionized.”

— Neil Postman

The idea of copyright did not exist in ancient times, when authors frequently copied other authors at length in works of non-fiction. This practice…

— Richard Stallman

“I've learned over time that no one really has a copyright to the grace of God Except the original Author himself... God”

— Apostle Louis Gordon Jr

“Moral rights form the essence of copyright law. When they conflict with economic rights, moral rights must always prevent”

— Kalyan C. Kankanala

In our day the conventional element in literature is elaborately disguised by a law of copyright pretending that every work of art is an…

— Northrop Frye

The roots of copyright lie in censorship. It was easy for state and church to control thought by controlling the scribes, but then the…

— Stephan Kinsella

“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

“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

That part of a work of one author found in another is not of itself piracy, or sufficient to support an action; a man…

— Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough

“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