So a friend tipped me to this story on piracy that was on front page of Metro, a free UK daily newspaper. Normally I would read it, laugh at the inaccuracies, and go on with my life. But I decided to rebut this one. It should only take me a half hour or so, and [...]
Entries Tagged as 'piracy'
Piracy will bring about the end of Western Civilization
April 19th, 2011 · 6 Comments · opinion
Tags:about·bring·civilization·end·of·piracy·the·western·will
When Piracy is actually an under-served market
April 13th, 2011 · 14 Comments · opinion
I was downloading a pirated tv show today when I realized that yes, I’m a pirate, but I’m also part of a market niche that isn’t being filled. What’s more, I can tell you how to make money off that niche. Before I go further, let me be clear that I do buy content. I [...]
The Dorchester Piracy Continues! Join the Boycott!
March 24th, 2011 · No Comments · boycott
I wrote a post about Dorchester about 4 months ago, where I was joining in the protest over their ongoing piracy. Well, they’re still at it. Brian Keene, an author who used to work with Dorchester, is reporting over on his blog that Dorchester are currently pirating his novels. His contract with Dorchester ended with [...]
Ebook piracy – one author’s opinion
March 14th, 2011 · 9 Comments · opinion
by David Hewson The world is embracing the ebook at an astonishing pace. Most of us who write for a living welcome this. It means new opportunities for authors and readers alike. It means you can carry lots of books in a single, light device. With some systems you can do clever things such as [...]
Why an ebook piracy awareness drive is a waste of time and money
March 11th, 2011 · 5 Comments · opinion
The UK’s Guardian site is running a story with the title “Authors demand drive to raise readers’ awareness of book piracy’s cost“. It’s basically a lot of authors and publishers whining about ebook piracy. They are demanding “someone” do “something” about it and let readers know that it’s bad – maybe via a publicity drive. From [...]
On the language of piracy
March 10th, 2011 · 1 Comment · opinion
There’s another article in The Guardian today on piracy, and it inspired me to finally wrtie a post I’ve been sitting on. This post doesn’t discuss the ethics of piracy; I’m going to try to show you a flaw in the way that some try to fight piracy. A campaign is needed to educate the [...]
On fighting piracy
February 27th, 2011 · 2 Comments · opinion
I was reading an article on the Business Week website yesterday, and it talked about the anti piracy efforts of the various sports leagues. Take the UFC, a mixed martial arts competition, for example. The UFC have contracted with several anti-piracy firms, as well as having a couple staff also working on it. While a [...]
Piracy and Phrophylactics
February 10th, 2011 · 2 Comments · piracy
You can tell that things are screwed up when it’s easier to pirate something rather than buy. I came across this story a few days ago. It’s a screen shot of a conversation between a Rosetta Stone customer service rep and a frustrated potential customer. He’s trying to buy the latest version of one of [...]
Tags:phrophylactics·piracy
Piracy is Good – just ask Google
January 28th, 2011 · 6 Comments · opinion
A couple days ago Google started censoring the suggested search terms in their search engine. Do you know how you can type a few letters and Google will guess at words you’re about to type? Google will no longer suggest words like bittorrent, rapidshare, utorrent, etc. This censorship inspired me to pull out my notes [...]
When publishers won’t sell, piracy emerges
January 11th, 2011 · 4 Comments · opinion
by Chris Walters “I think what leads to rampant piracy is not meeting emergent demands.” – Brian O’Leary That is the most concise statement I’ve read so far about an issue that constantly bothers me, which is that content companies create their own piracy problems. They do it by not moving fast enough, or by [...]
Tags:emerges·piracy·publishers·sell
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