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Originally Posted by taosaur
Legality is hardly the only thing stopping everyone from torrenting every scrap of media they consume right now.
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I never claimed it was the only thing, but it is one of the things.
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The vast majority of people prefer to have a verifiably authentic copy from a known, trusted source, decreasing the risk of viruses, spyware, defects and distortion.
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And in a non-copyright world where such things will be legal, clearing houses will spring up that make money from advertising. They'll claim they have virus free downloads straight off the original sources -- Torrent Away! And please click on our advertising banners!
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Originally Posted by taosaur
In a world without copyright, there would be even more noise in the signal the farther you got from 'official channels,' increasing the value of brand recognition. In a more open market, there's also more value for consumers in discovering and creators in being discovered, i.e. promotion.
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So where's the money for promotion coming from? Certainly not from book, movie or music sales. And promotion doesn't generate money, it eats it for breakfast.
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Whoever contracts with the creator to distribute their work also simply has it first.
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For the two minutes it takes someone to upload it to the legal torrent sites. There's no value in having something first for 5 minutes.
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All of these things still have value, even if it would need to be leveraged differently than in the present system, and even if that value is diminished in comparison to the present system.
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I don't see where any of those things has any value at all.