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Lessig page 65
Somehow a lot of my posts go back to Doctor Who. Interesting. Anyway, that page was talking about Chinese pirating Windows. This would make the Chinese more dependent on Windows, and after time, more would buy the software rather than steal it.
This reminded me of-- guess what-- when I first watched Doctor Who. I had no other way to watch the show other than finding the episodes that people downloaded and then uploaded online. I was watching the show without paying, or increasing the viewing statistics. Since I was able to watch it and become a huge fan, I've since bought DVD's (regularly $80 a series..), comic books, replicas, and have gotten more people to watch it! (And we have Netflix now! I wish we did then!!) So I completely understand how piracy can help in the long-run! (Not saying you should, but...!)
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