Copyright Quotes
What creators say about protecting their own work.
Copyright shows up here as a genuinely contested idea, from a game franchise's trademark and copyright status left unresolved to a flat statement that asserting copyright is simply justified. It pairs well with our Asserting quotes page.
Unfortunately, the rights to 'System Shock' trademark and copyright are both up in the air.
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On August 30, 1982, I get issued a copyright officially recognizing me as the inventor of e-mail.
We have a massive system to regulate creativity. A massive system of lawyers regulating creativity as copyright law has expanded in unrecognizable forms, going from a regulation of publishing to a regulation of copying.
Ability Quotes
I am explicitly not opening the giant can of worms that is the ongoing current discussion of patent, copyright, and trademark reform.
How much greater would their contributions to the U.S. economy be if U.S. copyright owners could access foreign markets otherwise dominated by pirate product?
The marketplace can handle this. The laws are there. The courts have shown a consistent ability to find a balance between copyright owners and copyright users.
I am outraged that the Gorillaz have infringed the copyright of my song 'Time Warp,' claiming their song 'Stylo' to be an original composition.
Air Quotes
YouTube is committed to balancing the needs of the fan community with those of copyright holders.
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One quote even ties copyright to a personal claim of inventing email, while another steps back from the larger legal debate around patent and trademark reform entirely. For related context, see our Ability quotes and August quotes collections.
