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4) The current business model of most content producers is "make the original for free, sell the copies" - that is, an author doesn't make any money while writing a book, they only make money when each copy is sold.
5) A world where copies are free is very, very bad for this business model.
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Agreed. Time to switch to paying the author once for the original, then letting the content go free. Where are my patrons?
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9) (This is the most controversial one, I think) The benefits to society of a world where copies are free is greater than the harm.
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Probably debatable into the next millennium, but I'll let that one go...
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I'm also saying that it _will_ be solved, and that content _will_ be created. (This may be naively optimistic).
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Hear, hear.