“Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course. Piracy, for example, is a tradition that has been carried on for hundreds of years, but that doesn't mean we should all attack ships and steal their gold.”— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com
“It’s to encourage the kids to actually buy the music. Nowadays kids don’t buy music, they just download it illegally. We are trying to encourage kids to support the bands they like and actually buy the record.”— Mitch Lucker, muenmagazine.net
“Yes, books are spendy. BORROW IT FROM A LIBRARY. Libraries buy more copies if they're in demand. Ta-da! Paper trail, happy publishers.”— Maggie Stiefvater, twitter.com
“It's merely this: no matter your reasoning for piracy, publishers don't print box sets or extras without the numbers on paper. Not about me.”— Maggie Stiefvater, twitter.com
“Folks, please don’t call people who pirate ‘trash.’ No, I don’t like piracy, but no one is trash. We can all stand to make better decisions.”— Maggie Stiefvater, twitter.com
“Give people what they want, when they want it, in the form they want it in at a reasonable price, and the chances are they won't steal it.”— Kevin Spacey, cnbc.com
“What's a pirate's least favorite letter? Dear sir, we are writing to inform you that you have violated the copyright agreement.”— Slats7, reddit.com
“How did Metallica get people to stop pirating their music? They stopped releasing anything worth listening to.”— wompt, reddit.com
“Music piracy has gotten so bad that, in 2015, vinyl record sales generated more income for music creators than the billions of music streams on YouTube and its competitors.”— Jonathan Taplin, nytimes.com