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I believe it was 'Kill Hollywood'. You might as well have Henry Ford saying 'Kill Horses'. When a viable alternative exists it will gradually replace Hollywood. Just like every other industry.

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In order for the auto industry analogy to hold, horse breeders would have had to have been actively interfering with early automotive innovation. Did that actually happen? (honest question)

Stopping piracy is not interfering with innovation, it is enforcing the law. Unfortunately the defense of piracy is based on it being trivial to copy. Lots of things are trivial to copy, like your private data. Surely you don't believe everyone should have access to your data just because it is easy to copy.

Surely you don't believe everyone should have access to your data just because it is easy to copy.

Straw man fallacy. They aren't analogous.

Unfortunately the defense of piracy is based on it being trivial to copy

That's a pretty sweeping statement. Want to provide some citations?

I should have been clearer, that is pg's defense. http://paulgraham.com/property.html

Yeah, I agree -- it's important to respect copyright, even if you don't like it -- Do The Right Thing!

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