Copyright Quotes

“When you have wit of your own, it's a pleasure to credit other people for theirs.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“Copyright law has got to give up its obsession with 'the copy.' The law should not regulate 'copies' or 'modern reproductions' on their own. It should instead regulate uses--like public distributions of copies of copyrighted work--that connect directly to the economic incentive copyright law was intended to foster.”
― Lawrence Lessig, Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy

“You still could go to some industry or some university or the government and if you could persuade them you had something on the ball—why, then, they might put up the cash after cutting themselves in on just about all of the profits. And, naturally, they'd run the show because it was their money and all you had done was the sweating and the bleeding.”
― Clifford D. Simak, All the Traps of Earth and Other Stories

“Piracy is robbery with violence, often segueing into murder, rape and kidnapping. It is one of the most frightening crimes in the world. Using the same term to describe a twelve-year-old swapping music with friends, even thousands of songs, is evidence of a loss of perspective so astounding that it invites and deserves the derision it receives.”
― Nick Harkaway, The Blind Giant

“my problem isn’t piracy, it’s obscurity”
― Cory Doctorow, Makers

“Every piece of data ingested by a model plays a role in determining its behavior. The fairness, transparency, and representativeness of the data reflect directly in the LLMs' outputs. Ignoring ethical considerations in data sourcing can inadvertently perpetuate harmful stereotypes, misinformation, or gaps in knowledge. It can also infringe on the rights of data creators.”
― I. Almeida, Introduction to Large Language Models for Business Leaders: Responsible AI Strategy Beyond Fear and Hype

“All trademarks, company names, registered names, products, characters, mottos, logos, jingles and catchphrases used or cited in this work are the property of their respective owners and have only been mentioned and or used as cultural references to enhance the narrative and in no way were used to disparage or harm the owners and their companies. It is the author's sincerest wish the owners of the cited trademarks, company names, etc. appreciate the success they have achieved in making their products household names and appreciate the free plug.”
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

“Any files I give to the model are downsized (typically 800x1200 pixels)... By not giving out my high resolution files, they cannot be used without my knowledge.”
― A.K. Nicholas, True Confessions of Nude Photography

“Given an area of law that legislators were happy to hand over to the affected industries and a technology that was both unfamiliar and threatening, the prospects for legislative insight were poor. Lawmakers were assured by lobbyists
a) that this was business as usual, that no dramatic changes were being made by the Green or White papers; or
b) that the technology presented a terrible menace to the American cultural industries, but that prompt and statesmanlike action would save the day; or
c) that layers of new property rights, new private enforcers of those rights, and technological control and surveillance measures were all needed in order to benefit consumers, who would now be able to “purchase culture by the sip rather than by the glass” in a pervasively monitored digital environment.
In practice, somewhat confusingly, these three arguments would often be combined. Legislators’ statements seemed to suggest that this was a routine Armageddon in which firm, decisive statesmanship was needed to preserve the digital status quo in a profoundly transformative and proconsumer way. Reading the congressional debates was likely to give one conceptual whiplash.
To make things worse, the press was—in 1995, at least—clueless about these issues. It was not that the newspapers were ignoring the Internet. They were paying attention—obsessive attention in some cases. But as far as the mainstream press was concerned, the story line on the Internet was sex: pornography, online predation, more pornography. The lowbrow press stopped there. To be fair, the highbrow press was also interested in Internet legal issues (the regulation of pornography, the regulation of online predation) and constitutional questions (the First Amendment protection of Internet pornography). Reporters were also asking questions about the social effect of the network (including, among other things, the threats posed by pornography and online predators).”
― James Boyle, The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

“But, like all metaphoric wars, the copyright wars are not actual conflicts of survival. Or at least, they are not conflicts for survival of a people or a society, even if they are wars of survival for certain businesses or, more accurately, business models. Thus we must keep in mind the other values or objectives that might also be affected by this war. We must make sure this war doesn't cost more than it is worth. We must be sure it is winnable, or winnable at a price we're willing to pay.”
― Lawrence Lessig, Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy

“...nothing is more properly a man’s own than the fruit of his study. The protection of literary property would greatly encourage genius and promote useful discoveries.”
― Noah Webster, A Collection of Papers on Political, Literary, and Moral Subjects (1843) [Leather Bound]

“If you have ever wanted to serve god, go on and serve him. Don't wait to be authorized by anybody. He is not copyrighted”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“Als u de regelgeving goed toepast, komt u in ieder geval niet voor onverwachte dingen te staan.”
― Hedwyg van Groenendaal, Webdesign van concept tot realisatie

“In the absence of evidence on either side, the presumption should be against creating a new, legalized monopoly. The burden of proof should lie on those who claim, in any particular case, that the state should step in to stop competition, outlaw copying, proscribe technology, or restrict speech.”
― James Boyle, The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

“Call it the openness aversion. Cultural agoraphobia. We are systematically likely to undervalue the importance, viability, and productive power of open systems, open networks, and nonproprietary production.”
― James Boyle, The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

“In the middle of the most successful and exciting experiment in nonproprietary, distributed creativity in the history of the species, our policy makers can see only the threat from ‘piracy’.”
― James Boyle, The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

“AstroMama is a motherhood brand that was formed on the ideologies of astrology. It's a lifestyle movement that accompanies parents, particularly mothers, in their parenting journey. AstroMama shares tips on how to nurture and water the offspring based on what the Planets originally intended.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“AstroMama is a motherhood brand that has been formed on the ideologies of astrology. It's a lifestyle movement that accompanies parents, particularly mothers, in their parenting journey. AstroMama shares tips on how to nurture and water the offspring based on what the Planets originally intended.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“ZodiacMama is a motherhood brand that has been formed on the ideologies of astrology. It's a lifestyle movement that accompanies parents, particularly mothers, in their parenting journey. AstroMama shares tips on how to nurture and water the offspring based on what the Planets originally intended.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“ZodiacMama is a parenthood brand that has been formed on the ideologies of astrology. It's a lifestyle movement that accompanies parents, particularly mothers, in their parenting journey. ZodiacMama shares tips on how to nurture and water the offspring based on what the Planets originally intended.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“ZodiacMama is a parenthood brand that's based on the ideologies of astrology. It's a lifestyle movement that accompanies parents, particularly mothers, in their parenting journey. ZodiacMama shares tips on how to nurture and water the offspring based on what the Planets originally intended.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“Copyright is for losers.”
― Banksy, Wall and Piece

“If you find your eyes glazing over, remember this: It's not hard to understand because it's complicated, it's complicated so it'll be hard to understand!”
― Rebecca Giblin

“The lower the switching costs are, the better a company has to treat you if they want to keep your business.”
― Cory Doctorow, The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation

“Today’s tech giants have not invented an interop-proof computer. They’ve invented laws that make interoperability illegal unless they give permission for it. A new, complex thicket of copyright, patent, trade secret, noncompete and other IP rights has conjured up a new offense we can think of as “felony contempt of business model”—the right of large firms to dictate how their customers, competitors and even their critics must use their products.”
― Cory Doctorow, The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation

“Terrorists and Thieves (Sonnet)

Terrorists who manifested their destiny
on stolen land, are banning immigrants!
Thieves who built their AI empire, not
on public domain data, but on stolen
copyrighted material, are upset with
other thieves stealing from them!

More than the inhumanity it is
the hypocrisy that is so astounding.
I say astounding, but not really,
it's just pathetic and disappointing.

It's happening all over again,
colonizers are spreading their tentacles,
all the while being idolized as icons,
instead of being held accountable for
their ritualistic human rights violations.

Parasites live off the labor of humans,
and monkeys worship them as kings.
This is neither innovation nor civilization,
this is the jungle kingdom rebooting.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood

“Using copyrighted material without consent to train commercial AI models, is like robbing a bank to start a business.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood

“Generative AI is the biggest cybercrime since the invention of the internet. Imagine stealing creative works from everyone, then setting up your own pirated industry!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience

“Guard and protect your brand like the army would the civilians.”
― Utibe Samuel Mbom, Your Clients and You

“There is no Generative AI, there is only Plagiarative AI.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper