Steve Jobs Quotes

Would you go into a CD store and steal a CD? It's the same thing, people going into the computers and loggin' on and stealing our music.

Most people still steal music.

I've stolen music before, I don't know anyone who hasn't. But if you're gonna do that, I want you to be able to have an opportunity to know the real lyrics because I really hate it when people put up wrong lyrics online.

People think that it's their sovereign right to download music and not have to pay for it.

I'm all for sharing music, but when people can download a whole record and pay nothing for it and then they share it with 100,000 other people, it's breaking down the whole business.

Napster was predicating its business model on violation of copyright.

It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor.

One of the things that drives me crazy is the belief in Hollywood that bittorrent exists solely for stealing things.

I don't think a lot of people realized that piracy is out there, and it's not a Disney-esque or Johnny Depp-esque type of thing.

Piracy is robbery with violence, often segueing into murder, rape and kidnapping. It is one of the most frightening crimes in the world. Using the same term to describe a twelve-year-old swapping music with friends, even thousands of songs, is evidence of a loss of perspective so astounding that it invites and deserves the derision it receives.

It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can't afford the music.

Online piracy needs to be dealt with itself, because people are just wholesale stealing people's work and not paying for it. It's very hard to figure out a way to fix it.

I challenge record companies to show me evidence of a single penny they've lost due to Napster.

I have no problem with people illegally downloading stuff. I'm not going to drive hard into 'You should buy my stuff,' because really, it's inevitable. If you like a song, you're going to download it for free. I have no problem with that.

On scores of sites, users can upload illegal files of my books. As per 1998's toothless Digital Millennium Copyright Act, I bear the burden of discovering and reporting each theft.

Napster hijacked our music without asking. They never sought our permission. Our catalog of music simply became available as free downloads on the Napster system.

The amount of piracy is extraordinary. People don't realize how big it is.

Downloading songs is not good.

Hollywood and the recording industry argue that current law permits the copying of songs and movies, and sharing them on the Internet. This enables young people to grow up learning how to steal.

I don't believe every download is a lost sale.

I'm against people downloading music.

I've never supported this concept of going after Napster. I think the rock bands who fought this were wrong.

I used to download music illegally. Everyone has. No one is innocent. Everyone has done that.

I recognise that the whole issue of downloading and intellectual property rights is not an easy one, but on the whole, I'm a fan of downloading, both legal and illegal, and the open-source ethos that it harbours for the future is a good one.

I think piracy itself is going to end up going away.