Aside Quote by Richard Stallman

“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

One of the convenient things about literature is that, despite copyrights [...] a book belongs to the reader as well as to the writer.

— Anne Fadiman

Authors have a greater right than any copyright, though it is generally unacknowledged or disregarded. They have a right to the reader's civility. There…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I think copyright is moral, proper. I think a creator has the right to control the disposition of his or her works - I…

— Esther Dyson

Most authors steal their works, or buy.

— Alexander Pope

The rights of copyright holders need to be protected, but some draconian remedies that have been suggested would create more problems than they would…

— Patrick Leahy

People have a copyright on their own life.

— Hilton Als

I support copyright. I mean it is intellectual property, it is the thought process of someone and those things should always be protected.

— Jeff Mills

Many first-time authors are not concerned about the advance or royalties, they want the notoriety. They get smarter on their second book and look…

— Dan Poynter

Publishers like their authors to take advantage of publicity opportunities.

— Lionel Shriver

I don't agree with the copyright laws and I don't have a problem with people downloading the movie and sharing it with people as…

— Michael Moore

As for collaboration - I have done a lot, 26 books, and found publishers increasingly resistive to them. It's not that the books are…

— Piers Anthony