Friday, February 20, 2015

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Quotation of the Day for February 20, 2015



"There's an aspect of the Indie Bundle that's part of the de facto reality of all digital content distribution today, which is that everybody is already naming their own price for digital media, in that it takes the same number of clicks to pirate media as it does to buy it. It's a recurring motif among people who want to buy things that the buying process is very cumbersome. For example, for audiobooks you either have to have an account with Audible or you need to download OverDrive. No one will just shut up and take your money. Like, "Give me your credit card number, I'll give you an MP3."

"So everybody is already naming their price, except the only two prices they are now allowed to name are "full retail" and "zero." Nobody's allowed to name a price in between."

- Cory Doctorow

[http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/interview-cory-doctorow/]

Submitted by: Sid Sidner
Feb. 2, 2015

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