Tim O'Reilly on piracy
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miriam_ePiracy is Progressive Taxation, and Other Thoughts on the Evolution of Online Distribution
As a publisher he has a number of important messages. He points out that obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy and that current distribution systems for books, music, and movies are skewed heavily in favor of the "haves" against the "have nots." He notices that customers want to do the right thing, if they can.
It is a long and very insightful article on how money can be made in the vacuum left by the big corporations in their paranoid terror of the internet.
As a publisher he has a number of important messages. He points out that obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy and that current distribution systems for books, music, and movies are skewed heavily in favor of the "haves" against the "have nots." He notices that customers want to do the right thing, if they can.
It is a long and very insightful article on how money can be made in the vacuum left by the big corporations in their paranoid terror of the internet.
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Date: 2005-11-17 04:49 pm (UTC)I tend to only buy CDs from small, independant labels. I balk at buying from the big ones that are involved in sueing people. I'm not shy about sharing music. The interesting thing is that it has shaped my buying patterns. Most of the artists I found out about through downloading (they never got radio airtime or prominently featured in record shops) are now my favorite musicians and those are the CDs I seek out and buy.