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« Last post by mouser on August 07, 2006, 06:12 AM »Another very interesting discussion about piracy of digital media.
http://radar.oreilly...essive_taxation.html
also see: http://www.roughtype...6/08/yo_ho_yo_ho.php
In his entry The Fan Mail That An Author Wants To Get, Nat referenced my assertion that obscurity is a greater threat to authors than piracy. That was from a piece I wrote in 2002, entitled Piracy is Progressive Taxation. It contained seven lessons from my experience as a print and online publisher:
- Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy.
- Piracy is progressive taxation.
- Customers want to do the right thing, if they can.
- Shoplifting is a bigger threat than piracy.
- File sharing networks don't threaten book, music, or film publishing. They threaten existing publishers.
- "Free" is eventually replaced by a higher-quality paid service.
- "There's more than one way to do it."
http://radar.oreilly...essive_taxation.html
also see: http://www.roughtype...6/08/yo_ho_yo_ho.php
