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Few things to keep in mind: 1. For the near future dead trees will rule. 2. Everyone who has the ability to rip off an artist will not necessarily do so. 2. In the long run a bear might win, a bull might win but a pig always loses.
Baen books (www.baen.com) has a for pay website that distributes their upcoming dead tree books in electronic form. Ten bucks four books such a deal. The president sees it as advertising for the dead tree version but he's making a few shekels on it too. So do the writers. They even can concentrate on writing because that is what they are getting paid for.
Everybody wins. Is there gonna be piracy? Sure, but if the record companies let me d/l The Bruce for $2.50 a song, I wouldn't use napster. I'm just not willing to shell out $25 for a ten year old album I want one song off of.
A bear will win sometime, a bull will win sometime but a pig always loses. That's the future boys and girls.
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Few things to keep in mind:
1. For the near future dead trees will rule.
2. Everyone who has the ability to rip off an artist will not necessarily do so.
2. In the long run a bear might win, a bull might win but a pig always loses.
Baen books (www.baen.com) has a for pay website that distributes their upcoming dead tree books in electronic form. Ten bucks four books such a deal. The president sees it as advertising for the dead tree version but he's making a few shekels on it too. So do the writers. They even can concentrate on writing because that is what they are getting paid for.
Everybody wins. Is there gonna be piracy? Sure, but if the record companies let me d/l The Bruce for $2.50 a song, I wouldn't use napster. I'm just not willing to shell out $25 for a ten year old album I want one song off of.
A bear will win sometime, a bull will win sometime but a pig always loses. That's the future boys and girls.
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