tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795307518947791565.post2941028188706354692..comments2024-03-27T11:08:43.847-06:00Comments on Author Cindy C Bennett: Only 9 Commandments Left? Really?Cindy C Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925301214375222823noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795307518947791565.post-43714813860384518462012-11-04T15:52:18.438-07:002012-11-04T15:52:18.438-07:00Cathy, thanks for writing. I wrote a reply but it ...Cathy, thanks for writing. I wrote a reply but it was too long to post here (writers have a tendency to be long winded!) so I've created a new post in response that you can read here: http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1795307518947791565#editor/target=post;postID=1813281661059709443<br />Thanks for your good points and the links (which I read).Cindy C Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12484322166192803433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795307518947791565.post-30855200741937099342012-11-04T08:23:31.213-07:002012-11-04T08:23:31.213-07:00I can sympathize that it's painful to see your...I can sympathize that it's painful to see your work pirated, but in your discussion of the myths and facts, I couldn't help but notice that you never mention any of the pros usually discussed by pro-piracy authors. You also stated all the "facts" without support of any research or statistics or...well...facts. They may seem common sense truth, but people who start doing research in piracy in book publishing, software, music, etc. often find the numbers tell a different story.<br /><br />For example, here's Neil Gaiman (wildly successful author) on why he went from fearing piracy to believing it's really good: <br />http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110211/00384413053/how-neil-gaiman-went-fearing-piracy-to-believing-its-incredibly-good-thing.shtml<br /><br />and here's Gabe Newell (game software producer rather than author, but also dealing with piracy) with some really interesting statistics and insights on piracy. For his company, he found that piracy isn't really a price issue, it's a service issue. http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/693342/live-blog-dice-2009-keynote-gabe-newell-valve-software/<br /><br />If all this seems interesting, I encourage you to read more from Cory Doctorow (also best selling author) who speaks and writes a lot about this piracy, copyright, and the future of publishing, if your interested. He's most quoted on the topic for saying "The problem isn't piracy, it's obscurity." <br /><br />And the Electronic Freedom Foundation https://www.eff.org/ has a lot of essays on the problems with current copyright system, including in Britain.<br />Cathy Bhttp://www.bookeracy.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com