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Originally Posted by sbroome
"Coelho has oft-repeated his view that artists and artistic works do no suffer when they are copied, quite the opposite. Their distribution becomes greater and the artist comes off better as a result. "
This was written so poorly I stopped reading. At the end of the day no matter our views on piracy, the question is about (IMO) honoring the artist's wishes. So if Paulo Coelho feels it's okay, you can pirate HIS stuff. If other people want to restrict their content, leave it alone. Is it that hard?
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Yeah, I don't think he is taking the stance that things SHOULD be pirated or that people shouldn't be annoyed that their stuff is pirated. I believe he is pointing out that the reality is, that in general, artistic works do better when they are pirated a lot.
Of course there is a least a bit of chicken and the egg case where it is often hard to tell if pirating in part led to somethings rise in popularity and increased sales through original or derivative formats or if the work was becoming popular on its own, which drove high levels of pirating.