{"id":235,"date":"2003-01-02T16:29:58","date_gmt":"2003-01-02T14:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.multiplicity.dk\/?p=235"},"modified":"2003-01-02T16:29:58","modified_gmt":"2003-01-02T14:29:58","slug":"piracy-as-progressive-taxation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krag.be\/index.php\/2003\/01\/02\/piracy-as-progressive-taxation\/","title":{"rendered":"Piracy as progressive taxation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"OpenP2P.com: Piracy is Progressive Taxation, and Other Thoughts on the Evolution of Online Distribution [Dec. 11, 2002]\" href=\"http:\/\/www.openp2p.com\/pub\/a\/p2p\/2002\/12\/11\/piracy.html\">Piracy is Progressive Taxation, and Other Thoughts on the Evolution of Online Distribution [Dec. 11, 2002]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tim O&#8217;Reilly (of O&#8217;Reilly publishing house has some incisive comments on on-line distribution of media. refreshing, true and important.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For all of these creative artists, most laboring in obscurity, being well-enough known to be pirated would be a crowning achievement. 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