In this video from the UK Open Rights Group's excellent ORGzine, Neil Gaiman explains how he came to understand that "Internet piracy" of his books is good for sales and good for readers and writers.
Gaiman on Copyright Piracy and the Web
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12:56 am Sat
Feb 12, 2011
Neil Gaiman explains why he doesn't sweat "piracy"
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