{"id":2225,"date":"2012-01-07T05:58:11","date_gmt":"2012-01-07T10:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2225"},"modified":"2012-01-07T05:58:12","modified_gmt":"2012-01-07T10:58:12","slug":"piracy-due-to-lack-of-legal-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2012\/01\/07\/piracy-due-to-lack-of-legal-options","title":{"rendered":"Piracy due to lack of legal options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;If you give people a legal way to consume the content they want, they will pay for it. But when you make it impossible to legally consume the content they want, they will pirate it.&#8221; &#8211; Fred Wilson <a href=\"http:\/\/www.avc.com\/a_vc\/2012\/01\/screwcable.html?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AVc+%28A+VC%29&#038;utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher\">#screwable<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve said this many times. The world is flat. There is no worldwide currency so you can&#8217;t use exchange rates to justify higher costs in different markets. People have friends around the world, and they&#8217;d like to talk about that episode of House with their friends worldwide after they&#8217;ve seen it. <\/p>\n<p>Give people sensible legal options. Don&#8217;t censor content (really, rely on the ratings). <\/p>\n<p>Markets in Asia today have no streaming tv\/movie content. No streaming radio. No purchasing of legal music. There is so much growth potential. If only the industry sees it. The technology is already here. 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