Bad thing Quote by Mike Posner

If Shakespeare had lived in our age, he would have been sued for writing Romeo And Juliet, because as everybody knows, he plagiarized that…

— Lloyd Kaufman

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

First of all, Shakespeare is about pleasure and interest. He was from the first moment he actually wrote something for the stage, and he…

— Stephen Greenblatt

I've been thinking... Maybe you're a mockingbird... Mockingbirds imitate the songs of other birds... No, I've never heard of any copyright problems.

— Charles M. Schulz

When Shakespeare wrote, he wrote for the people. I know he got commissioned by kings and queens, but he also actually was writing plays…

— Eamonn Walker

Well it is certainly the case that the poems - which were in fact published during Shakespeare's lifetime - are weird if they began…

— Stephen Greenblatt

Shakespeare, who was considered the English Corneille, flourished at about the time of Lope de Vega. He had a strong and fertile genius, full…

— Voltaire

There is certainly no one 'type' of writer who deliberately draws on Shakespeare. In fact, there's a strong argument that everyone writing in the…

— Matt Haig

If you're gonna steal from somebody, why not Shakespeare?

— Alison Sudol

Copyright's democratising effect is seen most clearly in the music business. Anyone who can speak, sing, rap or hum and operate a simple sound…

— Mick Hucknall

Shakespeare is still Shakespeare because story rules.

— Eric Bischoff

My father never violated any copyright laws. He created cover versions, that is, he got new singers to sing popular Hindi songs to build…

— Bhushan Kumar