Interesting Links for 10-03-2012

[andrewducker]

• Why I Pirate - An Open Letter To Content Creators
  (tags: copyright piracy content media business thefuture )
• Can 'financial repression' solve the debt crisis?
  I do sometimes think that inflating our way out of debt is the only response that's going to work in the long term. It's not going to be any fun though. And much harder for countries in the Euro.
  (tags: euro debt finance )
• Why we should be hoping that Greece defaults today
  (tags: greece debt insurance money )
• Ofcom lodges porn TV complaint with Dutch regulator
  (tags: porn tv uk europe censorship children )
• Religious TV host Pat Robertson wants pot legalised
  (tags: religion usa marijuana legalisation )
• 10 Things You Should Know about Comics.
  (tags: comics funny )
• Playing chess in short skirts is now forbidden!
  (tags: chess women clothing )
• The Wolves, the Pig, and the Retarded Bunny
  (tags: society offensive language )
• The NHS Bill will remove the obligation to provide free treatment and allow charging for health services
  (tags: politics uk nhs )
• There was, apparently, an R-rated cut of Galaxy Quest
  (tags: scifi movies )

Comments

[werejud.livejournal.com]

Both cairmen and I found the "Why I Pirate an Open Letter To Content Creators" very interesting. While the post's writer has some good points he does come across a little aggressively and seems to forget that just because he won't buy content at X price doesn't mean it should be priced how he wants it (i.e. demographics and target audiences, and studios/content creators worth their salt know this).

cairmen has a more detailed (better written and more informed than me in this field) commentary on the piece - find it here.

[andrewducker]

I agree that it's overly-aggressive. But I also think that there are a lot of people who think like him, and more all the time.

I do think that certain things are likely to stop being made once a high-enough proportion of people are pirating things. But I also think that he's completely correct when it comes to things being locked down with DRM. And also that suing your customers is rarely a winning proposition.

The world is moving on, and I'm going to be fascinated to see what comes next.