Piracy, And its affect on all information medium Options

[*kryogenix*]

http://www.maxbarry.com/writing/bits/copyright.html

Scary. So next time you pirate something, realize that you're helping move music, movies and software to what is mentioned in the last paragraph.

[dasturbd]

I think you might have missed the point. Max Barry is saying, books, movies, software and music will be given out for free, but they are going to be laced with ads. Would you like to read a book that had an advertisement on every other page? I don't, but it's already happening.. Do you want to watch a movie, only to have it interrupted every 10 mins for an ad? I wouldn't, but it's already happening. Do you want to listen to a cd, only to have an ad play every few songs? Me neither, but it's already here. Magazines, TV and Radio. 24/7. No escape.

No I didn't miss the point at all and yes it would suck, especially as far as movies go, but hell if I had a book with ads in it then I would just turn the page faster and be one more page closer to the end, or rip them out all together. CD's you could just toss em on the PC and copy the song files and burn a new one. I'm simply saying that a scare tactic such as this isn't going to sway people from getting it for free. I'm not all into pirating stuff, hell i don't even have any music on my PC, but the ones that do haven't been scared off by lawsuits and losing their computers so I hardly doubt this will steer them in the right direction

Anyways I understand what it's all about I'm just simply saying that they always return to old faithful (advertising) and that's not gonna pay all the bills either; however, as a Graphic designer it will pay my bills . The internet itself is laced with ads but it doesn't make me click on their banners and buy their stuff.

What can they do?? If I knew that answer I'd be richer than Bill Gates