I commented on the original but I think that others here might also value this here: I liked this post and the way that it turns the question of piracy upon it

I commented on the original but I think that others here might also value this here: I liked this post and the way that it turns the question of piracy upon itself, but I still felt like there were about three dramatic ideas missing, so I wrote those up and put them on my web site briefly: http://drostie.org/on_copying.html http://drostie.org/on_copying.html I fear I was too verbose in that essay and perhaps I will edit it more later -- but basically, those ideas are (1) that easy copying has led to an absurd situation where you can buy things without getting them; (2) that copying is both absurdly natural and restricting copying is absurdly natural, so that we feel entitled to do both; and (3) that the media companies today face an absurd situation where they fight for their lives -- and as Y Combinator said, they might do quite a bit of damage on their way down.