OpenP2P.com: Piracy is Progressive Taxation, and Other Thoughts on the Evolution of Online Distribution. "Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy... Piracy is progressive taxation... Customers want to do the right thing, if they can... Shoplifting is a bigger threat than piracy. File sharing networks don't threaten book, music, or film publishing. They threaten existing publishers... Free" is eventually replaced by a higher-quality paid service... There's more than one way to do it."