“This complaint in no way concerns isolated translations published on the Internet … by disinterested fans not fully aware of the illegal nature of their action.”
Marie Leroy-Lena, spokeswoman for Gallimard, the French publisher of Harry Potter, on arresting a schoolboy who’d translated the latest book and posted it online, News.com, 10 August 2007
“We know people like watching commercials. They just don’t like being force-fed at the wrong time.”
NBC Universal executive Chris McCumber, on launching Didja, a website full of commercials, to make up for the fact that people no longer watch ads at the appointed hour, Variety, 7 August 2007
“The Internet has made a platform where anyone can become a star.”
Larry Weintraub, CEO of Fanscape, an L.A.-based new-media marketing agency, on the puzzling success of freaky people on YouTube, News.com, 8 August 2007
“That’s what you’re here for! To write about our products.”
Apple CEO Steve Jobs, patiently explaining Silicon Valley reporters’ job duties to them, Gizmodo, 7 August 2007
“If I really thought the Apple guys were going to find this guy and kill him, I wouldn’t want to do it.”
Forbes editor Dan Lyons, on hoping that the ex-Mossad security guys he joked about as Fake Steve Jobs weren’t for real, The New York Times, 6 August 2007
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