“Can a one judge sitting somewhere in a trial court issue an order that says nobody in the world is allowed to have, to use, to improve or to develop software for playing multimedia content without the permission of the manufacturers of the content themselves? .. This is an astonishing development in the course of our understanding of what we call the copyright bargain, the relationship between authors' rights, publishers' leverages and consumers' needs.” WorldNeedsUseOrderCoursesUnderstandingIssuesRightsJudgingDevelopmentSittingCourtTrialsConsumersContentmentSoftwarePermissionPublishersAstonishingBargainsCopyrightContentionMultimedia Author:Eben Moglen
“God forbid that the day should ever come when, in the American mind, the thought of man as a consumer shall submerge the old American thought of man as a creature of God, endowed with unalienable rights.” MenShouldMindRightsCreaturesConsumersUnalienable Rights Book:Views of an Ex-president Source: Views of an Ex-president
“One of many challenges is of course to create a legal basis for copyright issues that's up to date with both modern distribution, consumer behavior and the rights and needs of creators and copyright holders.” NeedsCoursesChallengesIssuesRightsModernBehaviorBasesCreatorConsumersDistributionCopyrightUp To Date Author:Lisa Langseth
“Code plus law is combining to reduce rights consumers used to have.” LawUsedRightsConsumersCodePlusCombining Author:Lawrence Lessig
“All over the world copyright holders are trying to limit consumers' rights. We cannot have that.” WorldTryingRightsLimitsConsumersCopyright Author:Jon Lech Johansen
“The Grocery Manufacturers Association is behind the bills which have been trying to pre-empt states' labeling laws in the Senate. And they have a lot of money and power in Washington. So it's a classic David versus Goliath story, where corporate lobbying outweighs consumers' rights.” TryingHas BeensStatesStoriesLawBehindsRightsBillsConsumersCorporateClassicAssociationSenateLots Of MoneyVersusGroceriesLabelingMoney And PowerLobbyingGoliath Author:Zoe Lister-Jones