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The question of trademark is pretty unsettled in the open source world. The trademark is important in a consumer product, but there are a few groups who feel it's a restriction they can't live with.

I'm a shocker. I like to create controversy. It's my trademark.

I am a shocker. I like to create controversy. It's my trademark.

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.

Big Tech's nonchalance about copyright violation tramples over people like my wife and me, who strive to make a living in the great tradition of the creative realm.

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

I am explicitly not opening the giant can of worms that is the ongoing current discussion of patent, copyright, and trademark reform.

And initially, a lot of companies avoid trying to make a really radical new kind of title for a new system, because that would involve learning a new machine and learning how to make the new title at the same time.

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.