Access Quote by Ron Wyden

I oppose piracy and want to see intellectual property protected because that is what fosters and rewards innovation. But SOPA won't accomplish a meaningful…

— Jared Polis

We see this in legislations such as SOPA, PIPA, ACTA, IPRED, IPRED2, TPP, TRIPS, just to name a few. All of these legislations have…

— Peter Sunde

The internet is the most powerful tool we have for creating a more open and connected world. We can't let poorly thought out laws…

— Mark Zuckerberg

If SOPA were to pass, Imgur would not be able to exist. We survive on user-generated content. It would be impossible for us to…

— Alan Schaaf

Compliance with the Stop Online Piracy Act would require huge overhead spending by Internet companies for staff and technologies dedicated to monitoring users and…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

The U.S. government is saying that my website enabled piracy when the entire Internet is enabling piracy. Every ISP that connects people to the…

— Kim Dotcom

The industry must adhere to certain consumer protection norms if the Internet is to remain an open platform for innovation.

— Michael K. Powell

Vigilant and effective antitrust enforcement today is preferable to the heavy hand of government regulation of the Internet tomorrow.

— Orrin Hatch

China rightly identified consumer Internet as important and moved to protect it, and we need to do the same in India.

— Bhavish Aggarwal

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act indemnifies Internet Service Providers (ISP) such as Harvard from copyright abuses committed over their computer networks.

— Parker Conrad

A number of countries, including Russia and China, have put forward proposals to regulate aspects of the Internet like 'crime' and 'security' that are…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

While American intellectual property deserves protection, that protection must be won and defended in a manner that does not stifle innovation, erode due process…

— Rebecca MacKinnon