Well, even the title is hilarious, so check out this speech by Sumner Redstone [pdf], chairman and founder of Viacom at a conference about “Progress and Freedom”. Some noteable quotes…
- “Copyright is even more right in the digital age because copyright compels creativity. It furnishes the incentive to innovate. Therefore, limiting the protection of copyrights threatens innovation.”
- “Finally, at the risk of sounding naive, let me state the obvious: copyright is, well, right. It’s inherently right for both the creator and the consumer. It’s the right thing to do. If you slave over a song, invest years in bringing a film to fruition, you ought to reap the rewards of that labor.”
- “To those who champion the death of copyright as the only way to ensure a “free market in ideas,” I respond with these statements of utter certainty. Instead of wealth and jobs and great content, you will strike a lethal blow to America’s greatest industry and the heart of its economy. Instead of creating an outlet for free expression, you will generate a government bureaucracy to control it; a Department of Creative Repression, if you will.”