Quotes about Piracy

A key trend over the last two or three years is organized piracy which has become a legitimate business in some countries.

Duncan Brown

This judgment is one of the most important achievements in the fight against music piracy anywhere.

Michael Speck

China profits from piracy because the economic benefits are so great. There's no political will to crack down on piracy.

Daniel Chow

Mr. Levy's case should serve as a notice that the Justice Department has made prosecution of Internet piracy one of its priorities.

James Robinson

It is certainly not very clear. But the text does not seem to be as damaging to protecting music from piracy as what had been discussed along the way.

Olivia Regnier

If they're partnering with the wrong people, piracy can become a big deal.

Norm Jacobi

We support encryption. But there is no magic fix for music piracy.

Brad Williams

We tried to narrow down the areas where we're going to focus, where we find the most piracy.

Brad Buckles

What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics.

David Lloyd George

We know that the global problem is probably $600 billion or more in magnitude, of which China represents 60 percent of the global problem. It's being manufactured in China, counterfeiting and piracy. It's being exported around the world and certainly into the U.S. market, so the U.S. companies are very concerned.

Myron Brilliant

We have to be aggressive to fight piracy. We have to protect ourselves or no one else will.

David Newnham

California is the home of the U.S. software industry, and the levels in piracy in China are enormous. Nine out of 10 software programs in use in China are pirated.

Robert Holleyman

This campaign was effective in beginning to address some Internet piracy problems in China. But I must say online piracy isn't only a problem in China, it is a problem even in developed nations.

Yan Xiaohong

We are seeing piracy being contained, not eradicated, and we've seen a period of concerted cost-cutting.

Nick Bertolotti

Piracy in fashion is rampant.

Narciso Rodriguez

The law currently on the books - that's enforced - is so antiquated that the net result has been, (that) despite all of our best efforts, Canada's become a piracy haven.

Graham Henderson

Inevitably, when you have successes it drives people elsewhere. We know we're never going to completely eradicate this kind of piracy, but the progress has been remarkable.

John Malcolm

We will have better cooperation and exchanges with international organizations so as to enhance our capability to better fight Internet piracy.

Yan Xiaohong

I always thought that piracy connotes something glamorous. Let's call it what it is: theft. I think it's just like shoplifting.

Barry M. Meyer

We've asked Yahoo to use their filtering to prevent piracy, not for profit. We tried to discuss it with Yahoo.

Jeff Brown

It's not our goal to wipe out piracy entirely. It is our goal to bring it to a level of manageable control -- just as our industry has lived with physical piracy on the street for a number of years.

Jenni Engebretsen

In the last several years, piracy has been the dominant issue that has consumed my life.

Jack Valenti

The most powerful catalyst for growth is not piracy, but partnership.

Peter Chernin

Is it okay to shoplift from a store that's doing well? It's called piracy, but the reality is that it's nothing more than theft.

Sarah Alexander

We are seeing progress and we are at least containing piracy.

Eric Nicoli