Tim O'Reilly's thoughts on the evolution of on-line distribution (great read)

[Target]

For those of you interested in P2P sharing, and other forms of on-line distribution, this is a very interesting read. Tim O'Reilly is both an author and a publisher.

I think it sums up what a lot of supporters of this kind of thing have been wanting to say, but could not articulate themselves.

This article is two pages in length, and IMHO is well worth your time.

Points covered:

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.

http://www.openp2p.com/lpt/a/3015

[Mortis]

Link? Sounds Interesting, would like to read it... but

EDIT: There is a lot out there about O'Reilly, but here is the article Target was talking about: http://www.openp2p.com/lpt/a/3015

[Target]

OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! Cut, paste link, cut, paste link.....how hard can that be?????

Thanks for covering my butt Mortis!!




http://www.openp2p.com/lpt/a/3015

(gee, that paste thingy works pretty well - lol)