> But if you think Beethoven symphonies, "Citizen Kane" or James Watt's steam engine then no. Still yes. Had the internet existed back then of course people wo

> But if you think Beethoven symphonies, "Citizen Kane" or James Watt's steam engine then no. Still yes. Had the internet existed back then of course people would be freely sharing and discussing those things. > My point is that big, rare, difficult, hard, risky or expensive innovations need a different incentive than the simple and mundane ones. Sure. That's irrelevant though. 20+ years of piracy data shows it doesn't hurt sales. Don't drink the koolaid.