> Wow, Philip. How about I come over and pirate something out of your
> garage I want? Or your living room? You okay with that?
Yep, as long as you leave it with me exactly as it was. That's a
fundamental misunderstanding. You can't "steal" a digital good becuase
the original owner still has it.
You're welcome to an exact copy of anything in my (metaphoric) garage
as long as you I still have full and complete use of it without loss
of any kind.
It's not "stealing": it's a licensing issue. Unauthorised use. If it
were theft I'd lose access to the goods you stole, but with digital I
still have 100% of what I had before.
> Sure, you put in the effort to acquire it, maintain it, make it
> valuable, but I want it. That alright with you?
And actually, as I've already said, I sell a lot of digital goods, and
I know they get pirated. I don't particularly care* as long as I still
make enough money off the project for it to be worthwhile.
*there is one exception. If you make it egregiously obvious that you
have an unauthorized copy I have to take some action against you in
order for me to retain control over my copyright, but if you don't rub
my nose in it... Case(s) in point. I had someone tell me how valuable
The HD Survival Handbook was as a texbook - "perfect for his needs" in
the content. He implied it was being used across the whole class
(unauthorized copies essentially - piracy if you must) but I don't
much care. It's unlikely I'd get 20 sales (even at a student
discount). OTOH, there's a generation of people coming into the
business that now know that Philip Hodgetts is a reliable and easy to
read source of information. That will be valuable to me in the
future. OTOH, a student at an Australian university told me directly
that the same publication (in pdf form) was available on a student
accessible server at her university. In that circumstance I had to
contact the purchaser and remind them that it was a single-user
license. (And we have done "honor system" licenses for 20 copies at
at least one organization for a reduced fee per copy.)
I eat my own dogfood.
For about two years I did a daily FC Studio tip for the Pro Apps Hub
(and later Digital Production BuZZ). All free through the software.
After 303 tips were done, we collated them into a pdf, charged $4.95
per 101 tips or $12.95 for all 303 tips and sold pretty darn well,
even though the same content was available free all through.
RIAA/MPAA and their members just don't have a clue (and are such
borderline criminals that I have no respect).
Philip
Philip Hodgetts
President, Intelligent Assistance
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HD Survival Handbook 2009-2010
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Personal Blog http://philiphodgetts.com
Cell 818 335 3916
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