Books Quote by Sean Platt

Back in the pre-internet age there were pirate publishers, especially in the third world, who would print physical copies of books, sell them, and…

— Charles Stross

“If “piracy” means using value from someone else’s creative property without permission from that creator–as it is increasingly described today – then every industry…

— Lawrence Lessig

“Please don't encourage or espouse e-piracy...the sharing, swapping, or trading of e-books is outlawed by the DMCA unless authorized by the copyright holder.”

— Fran Lee

My understanding is that a book becomes a best seller only when it is pirated, sold on footpaths and at traffic lights.

— Ravi Subramanian

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

— Cory Doctorow

Books are so cheap and easy to get that people don't bother stealing them, which is the essential rule of piracy that the music…

— Tucker Max

Today, we see some "file sharing" sites that rely on fans uploading cracked copies of ebooks, and which then make money off those books…

— Charles Stross

The problem with ebook filesharing is simply one of scale. But I think the "piracy" problem is massively over-rated.

— Charles Stross

“Money lost to piracy is almost a sensible marketing expense. The more people who are talking, the more people who will hear. Some may…

— Sean Platt

As for piracy, I love to be pirated. It is the greatest compliment an author can have. The wholesale piracy of Democracy was the…

— Henry Adams

When you start reading nonfiction books about piracy, you realize that it's actually just a history of desperate people.

— Daniel Handler

New technologies will always demand and deserve careful navigation and difficult readjustments. But the weakening or de facto abolition of copyright will not merely…

— Mark Helprin