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Originally Posted by stonetools
This is what's called cherry picking a quote. Neil Gaiman may believe that piracy helps sales- many well known authors disagree. Certainly Mr. Gaiman 's publisher disagrees
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I'm sure the publishers would disagree but history shows that the content industry is often spectacularly wrong in that regard. Google VCR and the Boston Strangler.
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Originally Posted by stonetools
and it is [the publishers], not Mr. Gaiman, who would have detailed knowledge of his sales figures
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Call me naive but I don't find it hard to believe that Neil Gaiman has sufficient knowledge of sales figures for books authored by Neil Gaiman.
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Originally Posted by stonetools
In any case, both of these authors have a perfect right to give away their works if they want- that's why its called COPYRIGHT . It doesn't mean that there is any sanction for pirating any other author's work.
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Point missed entirely. It's that works that can be found for free (sanctioned or not) does not necessarily preclude healthy growth in sales as Neil Gaiman found out.