Copyright Quotes

“The opposite of copyright is not piracy. Piracy is a criminal activity. The opposite of copyright is public domain.”

“The Internet's gotten big because it's the world's biggest copying machine.”

“Digital rights management is a misnomer. It's really digital rights management restriction.”

“I don't think we should have a system which makes it a crime to share music with your friends.”

“It would be an additional layer of copyright that's entirely unnecessary and it would be harmful to the public interest because it would lock up more information from the public domain.”

“I'm not against people making money. I'm against people controlling what you do with your property.”

“Copyright has become a tool of censorship.”

“To me, 'copyright' is the name of a specific system of regulation, which I think is a bad system.”

“The real pirates are the ones who are stealing our rights.”

“The first purpose of a copyright law is to protect the author in his property.”

“Fair use is the safety valve of copyright law, ensuring that it doesn't stifle creativity and innovation.”

“The VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston Strangler is to the woman home alone.”

“The nation that fails to protect its authors in the property of their productions is not only doing injustice to a class of its citizens, but is committing a wrong against its own future.”

“I say to you that the VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone.”