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I very much like Ramen's analysis, but I'm not 100% sold on his initial axiom (and by extension the lemma).
I agree that maximizing profit is not the same as minimizing copyright infringement, and that while it may lead to a decrease in copyright infringement that is only a beneficial side-effect, and not a direct goal in the case that he's putting forward.
The problem I have with his analysis is that I don't think it accurately represents the position of many publishers. I think that when it comes to electronic releases many are putting the lemma before the axiom. Much of their behavior can be better explained by stating that limiting copyright infringement is a more important goal than maximizing profit.
I don't think it's a rational stance, and the basic structure works very well if you do switch those two goals, but I do think it's a very common one.
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