THE VIDEO SHELF · piracy and copyright
Gaiman on Copyright Piracy and the Web
Neil Gaiman tells the Open Rights Group how the internet and piracy affect books and publishing. He describes how free web copies of his books boosted sales.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters use it as the standard example of an author who found piracy helped rather than hurt sales.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- OpenRightsGroup
- Topic
- piracy and copyright
- Format
- interview
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2011–2014
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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It's a shame that they did this. I think Neil Gaiman summarized the wonderful benefits of using the web as a lending tool for books. He has a fantastic interview clip regarding his outlooks on piracy of his books that you can view here: [VIDEO] …
jjcm on Hacker News · 2011-03
In Amazon shuts down LendleAgreed, the part where he says, "... Piracy doesn’t pay artists a penny – nothing, zilch, zero." - I involuntarily muttered, "Bullshit." out loud. He should probably listen to Neil Gaiman's story on how piracy can, indeed, make artists money: [VIDEO]
Cowicide on Hacker News · 2014-11
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