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The idea of copyright did not exist in ancient times, when authors frequently copied other authors at length in works of non-fiction. This practice was useful, and is the only way many authors' works have survived even in part.

Now that copyrights can be just about a century long, the inability to know what is protected and what is not protected becomes a huge and obvious burden on the creative process.

I'm not a big believer in our copyright laws; I find them way too restrictive.

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

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.

I think copyright has its right to exist, absolutely, and I think that it's up to copyright creators to come up with new solutions that deal with the reality of the world we're living in today.

When you have a group of engineers and designers, they are not exactly the best to deal with copyright law.

It's hard to see how the Copyright Office can rise to the many challenges of the 21st-century work that you do without dramatically more independence and dramatically more flexibility.

A brainy person does not abuse copyright; instead they respect it and uphold it.