Cory Doctorow on Macropayments (via Chris Anderson ):
I don’t care about making sure that everyone who gets a copy of my books pays me for them — what I care about is ensuring that the everyone who would pay me decent money for a book has the opportunity to do so. I don’t want to hold 13-year-olds by the ankles and shake them until their allowance falls out of their pockets, but I do want to be sure that when their parents are thinking about a gift for them, the first thing that springs to mind is my latest $20-$25 hardcover.
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This is the equivalent of Microsoft turning a blind eye to a certain level of Windows piracy in third world countries. Hold on to the status of being an industry standard by ignoring low-level piracy and charge those who can afford to pay.
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Holden Caulfield does a London Internet start-upFrom: geirfreysson.com
Post Date: 2008-09-16 07:04:53
Paul Carr ’s book on the London Internet startup-scene, “ Bringing Nothing to the Party “, is an enjoyable read. The location is Internet London, the main character is Paul as Holden Caulfield and the storyline resembles “How to lose friends and alienate people”.
On jealousy as a motivator during the dot-com recovery, aka web2.0:
People who six months before had been struggling to break even were now starting to get more money from investors and even buyout...
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