Richard Ingrams Quotes

Every time I write a nonfiction book I get sued.

I don't even read most reviews, unless there is a potential lawsuit on view.

You don't want to go around willy-nilly suing news organizations. That's probably self-defeating.

You always make somebody mad when you decide a lawsuit.

The insurance companies hate the idea of being sued in court like the devil hates holy water.

We filed suit against YouTube before the Google purchase. At the time I went after YouTube, I thought it was a small company ripping off our copyrights.

If someone had told me, don't say anything about Lillian Hellman because she'll sue you, it wouldn't have stopped me. It might have spurred me on.

It is axiomatic among writers that no one ever sues the writer of an unsuccessful book. Just let a book go over twenty-five thousand copies and it is surprising how many people's feelings are hurt, how many screwballs think their brain children have been stolen, and how many people feel that they have been portrayed in a manner calculated to bring infamy upon them.

I have a problem with censorship by the lawyer - by legal people by the publishing firm, and I may be changing publishers. They don't seem to want to take too many risks with living people.

All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.

I mean, in some cases with libel laws, you know, they can write things about people who have no course of action, because they can't afford to take legal action against them.

In regards to The Haunting, people compared it to the old movie, which is unfair. We didn't have the rights to the movie. I couldn't duplicate a single thing because that would have been legal infringement.

Since [some] American publishers pay nothing to the English authors whose stories they appropriate and publish, other American publishers can not to afford to pay American authors for writing stories.

There are people out there who don't see value in intellectual property, and so they're always going to have a problem if there are lawsuits involving intellectual property.

Nobody sues their fans.

I don't get to sue just because I don't like something.

The types of ideas protected by intellectual-property law typically don't include a clever catchphrase on a Vine or a film idea in a tweet.

What we have noticed at YouTube is that many users who have uploaded infringing content are unaware that it's illegal to do so.

The more money you make, the more times people sue you.

We will continue to pursue anybody who violates our franchise covenants, trade agreements, or anything, for that matter, that is ours.

I don't believe anything is truly off limits, but as a performer, one has to know that people might be offended, and there are consequences.

I am suing Lord Beaverbrook for libel and hope for some lovely tax-free money in damages. He has very conveniently told some lies about me.

Taking legal action against pirates is a headache for artists like me.

In my case, I estimate that the members of the British Chiropractic Association have an annual turnover of £100m, and the BCA decided to sue me personally. I was very close to backing down and apologising for an article that was fair and accurate.

If the radio ever played my music, I would sue them. And they know it, which is why they don't play my music.