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

  • 25-08-2005 2:24pm
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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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