Matt Mason on the Pirate’s Dilemma

By Michael Romanowicz

It’s hard for large organizations that move at glacial speeds to compete with individuals taking their content and creating new distribution systems, revenue streams and business models, but the fall of the major record labels taught the rest of the corporate world a lesson. In many cases, piracy it is helping people to innovate and create new legitimate market spaces.

Matt Mason breaks it down til it can’t be broke no more. Lots of common sense, prepare yourself.

Via TorrentFreak.



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