#copyright

As we've seen, our constitutional system requires limits on copyright as a way to assure that copyright holders do not too heavily influence the development and distribution of our culture. ↗

— Lawrence Lessig

#constitutional #copyright #culture #development #distribution

If the only way a library can offer an Internet exhibit about the New Deal is to hire a lawyer to clear the rights to every image and sound, then the copyright system is burdening creativity in a way that has never been seen before because there are no formalities. ↗

— Lawrence Lessig

#because #been #before #burdening #clear

Of all the creative work produced by humans anywhere, a tiny fraction has continuing commercial value. For that tiny fraction, the copyright is a crucially important legal device. ↗

— Lawrence Lessig

#commercial #continuing #copyright #creative #creative work

I think art is the only thing that's spiritual in the world. And I refuse to forced to believe in other people's interpretations of God. I don't think anybody should be. No one person can own the copyright to what God means. ↗

— Marilyn Manson

#art #believe #copyright #forced #god

There is no sense in owning the copyright unless you are going to use it. I don't think anyone wants to hold all of this stuff in a vault and not let anybody have it. It's only worth something once it's popular. ↗

— Hilary Rosen

#anyone #copyright #going #hold #i

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. ↗

— Hilary Rosen

#balance #between #consistent #copyright #courts

All over the world copyright holders are trying to limit consumers' rights. We cannot have that. ↗

— Jon Johansen

#consumers #copyright #holders #limit #over

In practice, the copyright system does a bad job of supporting authors, aside from the most popular ones. Other authors' principal interest is to be better known, so sharing their work benefits them as well as readers. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#authors #bad #benefits #better #copyright

I have made it a rule for a long time, not to part with the copyright of my drawings, for I have been so copied, my drawings reproduced and sold for advertisements and done in ways I hate. ↗

— Kate Greenaway

#copied #copyright #done #drawings #hate

The rights of copyright holders need to be protected, but some draconian remedies that have been suggested would create more problems than they would solve. ↗

— Patrick Leahy

#copyright #create #draconian #holders #more