The big threat to writers and artists?

Tim O'Reilly says it's obscurity, not piracy

[tedster]

Tim O'Reilly (of O'Reilly publishers) has written a provocative article that's worth considering before anyone goes overboard protecting their copyright. The recording industry would do well to read this:

At O'Reilly, we publish many of our books in online form. There are people who take advantage of that fact to redistribute unpaid copies...While these pirated copies are annoying, they hardly destroy our business. We've found little or no abatement of sales of printed books that are also available for sale online.

Complete Article [openp2p.com]

[Filipe]

Nice post Tedster. We appreciate the note about the music industry :)

Some people really need to take responsibility for their own shortcomings.