Daniel Ek

I realised that you can never legislate away from piracy. Laws can definitely help, but it doesn't take away the problem. The only way to solve the problem was to create a service that was better than piracy and at the same time compensates the music industry - that gave us Spotify.

Swedish Businessman

Kim Dotcom

If you create something, you don't want someone else to go and profit from it; you have your right to make a living and everything. So I respect copyright. What I don't respect is copyright extremism. And I what I don't respect is a business model that encourages piracy.

German Businessman

Cutter Hodierne

I couldn't be happier teaming up to make the feature with a company as innovative as VICE. There is so much the world doesn't know about piracy in Somalia and the people involved, and I'm excited to be telling a story of piracy in Somalia from a different perspective.

American Businessman

Riz Ahmed

I think that with piracy and tighter funds being around, people are realising that the game to play is to try and win people's respect with bold film making and then win a special place in people's collections, rather than just having the biggest opening weekends.

British Musician

Jared Polis

I oppose piracy and want to see intellectual property protected because that is what fosters and rewards innovation. But SOPA won't accomplish a meaningful reduction in piracy and causes massive collateral damage to the Internet ecosystem.

American Politician

Victoria Coren Mitchell

Video piracy is among the most irritating aspects of modern life for those who work in the film business. Adverts telling you not to commit video piracy are among the most irritating aspects of modern life for those who don't.

English Writer

M. Jayachandran

It's very important that your work reaches people and it is marketed professionally and guarded well against piracy. For all of those reasons, I take into account the credibility of the team I work with.

Indian Composer

Tarja Turunen

Until the governments don't have a clear law against piracy and the digital downloads are not working worldwide properly, the record industry will keep on suffering.

Finnish Singer

Ted Sarandos

The real great news is, in the piracy capitals of the world, Netflix is winning. We are pushing down piracy in those markets by getting the access.

Allu Arjun

I always say this, but I'm saying this again. Do not encourage piracy.

Indian Actor

Understand that traditional piracy is an ancient practice, now largely historical or used in fiction.

Historical Context

Currently, 'piracy' might refer to smaller-scale, regional issues rather than the romanticized golden age pirates.

Modern Usage

In modern culture, piracy is often depicted as adventurous, but real-life piracy is illegal and dangerous.

Cultural Depiction

Remember, 'piracy' in computing often involves illegal downloading or distribution of copyrighted content.

Technology Link

Using pirated software can lead to legal consequences, including fines and lawsuits.

Legal Issues

Understand the ethical debate around piracy in terms of creators' rights versus consumers' access to content.

Ethical Dilemma

Illegal broadcasting affects the earnings of content creators and rights holders.

Broadcasting Impact

Piracy in media undermines the perceived value of content as it's shared without profit.

Content Value

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Diversifying the voices...

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Laws that choke...

 is puzzling. Since the big content markets have grown in line with historic norms, it's not additional growth that piracy has prevented,

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