Comments on: Is Piracy Part Of The Digital Ecosystem? http://www.ip-watch.org/2012/01/23/is-piracy-part-of-the-digital-ecosystem/ Original news and analysis on international IP policy Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:08:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: john e miller http://www.ip-watch.org/2012/01/23/is-piracy-part-of-the-digital-ecosystem/comment-page-1/#comment-4911096 john e miller Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:24:44 +0000 http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=19145#comment-4911096 There is some sort of perverse logic going on here:

Those who are not legitimate potential customers of a copyrighted work should be entitled to download that work for free because they have made the conscious decision NOT to be a potential customer through the normal purchased or licensed channels.

My New York Times reply-comment from 19JAN2012 to David Pogue column:

http://nyti.ms/zlNeOK

]]> By: Eo Nomine http://www.ip-watch.org/2012/01/23/is-piracy-part-of-the-digital-ecosystem/comment-page-1/#comment-4910278 Eo Nomine Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:01:50 +0000 http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=19145#comment-4910278 ““There are three ways to fight piracy: endless legal actions, legally blocking access, or creating alternative legit offers,” Frédéric Filloux wrote in his blog post.”

I don’t think anyone in the content industry regards these as an either/or proposition. The purpose of effective copyright law and enforcement is to enable the legitimate services to flourish. Otherwise, it’s like trying to operate a store when your neighbour is giving away your products for free, which is not sustainable.

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