Randi128 at aol.com wrote: > I was unable to get to the webpage you listed. > I got "freaky dots" , a search engine. Sigh. Might have something to do with you being on AOL. :-/ It's on http://www.openp2p.com/, one of the first articles (actually at the moment it's _the_ first article). Ultraquick summary (quoted from the article): Lesson 1: Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy. Lesson 2: Piracy is progressive taxation Lesson 3: Customers want to do the right thing, if they can. Lesson 4: Shoplifting is a bigger threat than piracy. Lesson 5: File sharing networks don't threaten book, music, or film publishing. They threaten existing publishers. Lesson 6: "Free" is eventually replaced by a higher-quality paid service Lesson 7: There's more than one way to do it. He basically confirms everything that I've believed about the issue for some time. > I wonder if any of you have checked out 'Atlas Shrugged' or 'The > Fountainhead' by Ayn Rand. She has an interesting take on capitalism in > general and what she says can be applied to IP and copyright in a > philosophical sense. You can also check out the 'Objectivism' website for > more info. (I am not an objectivist, just thought it might help.) Eeeeewwww. *snort* -- Frank Mayhar frank at exit.com http://www.exit.com/ Exit Consulting http://www.gpsclock.com/