Archive:Quotes

=Quotes=


 * Lawrence Lessig, Legal Scholar

" "Fair use" in America is the right to hire a lawyer. Wonderful." 


 * Courtney Love, Artist

"But record companies own our copyrights forever.

The system's set up so almost nobody gets paid. [...]

Artists who have generated billions of dollars for an industry die broke and un-cared for.

And they're not actors or participators. They're the rightful owners, originators and performers of original compositions."


 * Michael Moore, Filmmaker

"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 long as they're not trying to make a profit off my labour. I would oppose that. I do well enough already and I made this film because I want the world, to change. The more people who see it the better, so I'm happy this is happening. Is it wrong for someone who's bought a film on DVD to let a friend watch it for free? Of course it's not. It never has been and never will be. I think information, art and ideas should be shared." 


 * Quentin Tarantino, Filmmaker

"I would be a liar to say across the board 'No piracy'"

(Tarantino 'had bought bootleg copies of old, hard-to-get films in New York to help recreate scenes in his blockbuster "Kill Bill")

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