Whatever the legitimacy of the OP arguments he sounds like a real creep!
I get that he's trying to make a hard nosed, here's how it is in the real world. But he comes off a variation of an abuser who believes his victim leaves him no choice to abuse.
I would hazard a guess that most file "pirates" are not like him. They either don't think much about the consequences to others of there actions or if they do they feel at least a little bad,just not enough to stop doing it.
I think at core his argument is that he doesn't want to pay for the content he consumes. He justifies it on the grounds that the prices are too high. This a nonsensical assertion supported by the flimsy justification that the marginal cost of a digital good is so low. Well the total costs of production remain quite high,especially considering the cost of marketing.
I remain amazed at the anti big content additudes found on HN given that the tech industry is just as dependent on legal enforcement of intellectual property protections as hollywood is. (Think trademark,patent and copyright) IP law is just as important to open source software.
The problem is that digital goods without articily created scarcity and property like "properties"'will suffer a major free rider problem.
Would any of the coders here be cool with others appropriating their work without compensation or choice in the matter?
I've seen people get quite huffy in these parts for lifting a stupid graphic graphic from a website.
For any VC types here: how would you feel if your companies had deal with heavy appropriation of the the product you put up money for? I'm really asking!
I get that he's trying to make a hard nosed, here's how it is in the real world. But he comes off a variation of an abuser who believes his victim leaves him no choice to abuse.
I would hazard a guess that most file "pirates" are not like him. They either don't think much about the consequences to others of there actions or if they do they feel at least a little bad,just not enough to stop doing it.
I think at core his argument is that he doesn't want to pay for the content he consumes. He justifies it on the grounds that the prices are too high. This a nonsensical assertion supported by the flimsy justification that the marginal cost of a digital good is so low. Well the total costs of production remain quite high,especially considering the cost of marketing.
I remain amazed at the anti big content additudes found on HN given that the tech industry is just as dependent on legal enforcement of intellectual property protections as hollywood is. (Think trademark,patent and copyright) IP law is just as important to open source software.
The problem is that digital goods without articily created scarcity and property like "properties"'will suffer a major free rider problem.
Would any of the coders here be cool with others appropriating their work without compensation or choice in the matter?
I've seen people get quite huffy in these parts for lifting a stupid graphic graphic from a website.
For any VC types here: how would you feel if your companies had deal with heavy appropriation of the the product you put up money for? I'm really asking!