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[Old Article] Piracy is Progressive Taxation - Tim O'Reilly

damien · 2005-08-25 14:24:59

http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2002/12/11/piracy.html Old Tim O'Reilly Article, though still somewhat relevant. Lesson 1: Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy Lesson 2: Piracy is progressive taxation Lesson 3: Customers want to do the right thing, if they can. Lesson 4:…

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http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2002/12/11/piracy.html

Old Tim O'Reilly Article, though still somewhat relevant.

Lesson 1: Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy
Lesson 2: Piracy is progressive taxation
Lesson 3: Customers want to do the right thing, if they can.
Lesson 4: Shoplifting is a bigger threat than piracy.
Lesson 5: File sharing networks don't threaten book, music, or film publishing. They threaten existing publishers.
Lesson 6: "Free" is eventually replaced by a higher-quality paid service
Lesson 7: There's more than one way to do it.

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