August Quote by Shiva Ayyadurai

A quick search through the U.S. Copyright Office's website will show that email was first used in 1979 and has been registered under 'Shiva…

— Shiva Ayyadurai

The problem with copyright is it only protects that literal work. It doesn't protect the design and the ideas. That's unfortunate.

— Shiva Ayyadurai

In our case, I, a working engineer, inventor and scientist, am bringing new innovation to campaigning to enable a grass-roots movement.

— Shiva Ayyadurai

I have a hunch that the unknown sequences of DNA will decode into copyright notices and patent protections.

— Donald Knuth

But, like all metaphoric wars, the copyright wars are not actual conflicts of survival. Or at least, they are not conflicts for survival of…

— Lawrence Lessig

Whenever a copyright law is to be made or altered, then the idiots assemble.

— Mark Twain

You need to recognize that the copyright date on a book reflects when it came out, not when it was written - assume that…

— Jamais Cascio

In India, most people are not aware or are unconcerned about copyright laws. This has proved disastrous for the music fraternity.

— Ilaiyaraaja

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

In 2002, Google began an ambitious project to digitize every book in the world. It was intended as a search project: type in a…

— Robert Darnton

“In our haste to disseminate news, it should not be forgotten that the Framers intended copyright itself to be the engine of free expression.…

— Neil Weinstock Netanel

I think the reality is that copyright law has for a very long time been a tiny little part of American jurisprudence, far removed…

— Lawrence Lessig