The Architect of Innovative Publishing
If you don’t know Tim O’Reilly, you should. He’s been a driving force behind the commercial Internet, Web 2.0, blogging and online bookselling. His mission is simple: to change the world. And he certainly seems to be doing it.
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Of course with cutting-edge computer-based technology there also comes great fear of piracy of publisher’s products. In 2002, O’Reilly wrote an essay called “Piracy is Progressive Taxation,” where he argued that obscurity, not piracy, is the biggest threat to publishers and authors.
“If you’re lucky enough to matter, you ‘might’ lose some sales to piracy,” O’Reilly says. “But more likely, the increased exposure from free redistribution will increase awareness and sales for most authors. In that sense, free online distribution is a bit like the progressive income tax we have in this country—in theory, taking a bit from the rich, and giving a bit to the poor.”
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