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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
If the analogy held, where's Demonoid now? Why isn't it still giving people stuff for free? Why couldn't it use its "magic" to fend off the authorities?
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Its like the ultimate expression of market driven supply side economics isn't it?
Did the death of napster fix the problem? Even US interference with The Pirate Bay didn't help. UK and US threats against Russia over allofmp3 simply shifted the thing away.
What I don't get is why content folk aren't smart enough to EXPLOIT THIS
Every author here can play this game.
Steve...by putting your books on the Amazon store, you have just taken the first step.
All you guys have to do is put your stuff on Amazon and lock it down.
Then, make yourselves a "bookw0rmz.com" torrent site or whatever, plaster it with google ads and ads of ill repute, and "give away" your books for "free"
Split the pool and walk away laughing.
*Innovate*...fill the market void