A Quote by Cory Doctorow

The big problem isn’t piracy, it’s obscurity. — © Cory Doctorow
The big problem isn’t piracy, it’s obscurity.
Piracy is not the problem, obscurity is.
The problem for most artists isn't piracy, it's obscurity.
Obscurity is a bigger problem for authors than piracy.
The biggest problem almost all comics face is not piracy or demographics or any of that nonsense: it's obscurity.
I realised that you can never legislate away from piracy. Laws can definitely help, but it doesn't take away the problem. The only way to solve the problem was to create a service that was better than piracy and at the same time compensates the music industry - that gave us Spotify.
In the long run, with profits from piracy greater than international finance mobilised to solve the problem, we can expect piracy to increase geographically and in sophistication.
Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy.
I have gone from local obscurity to national obscurity to international obscurity. Once I learn how to monetize obscurity, I will be rich.
The problem with ebook filesharing is simply one of scale. But I think the "piracy" problem is massively over-rated.
I don't think it's fair to pinpoint Asia in terms of piracy. It's a worldwide problem. With 'The Expendables 3,' piracy extended everywhere, and over 10 percent of it was in the United States. So I don't want to put my hands over my eyes. It's a shame there is no DVD business in a lot of Asia, certainly China and India.
The U.S. government is saying that my website enabled piracy when the entire Internet is enabling piracy. Every ISP that connects people to the Internet is enabling piracy - Google is, YouTube is, everybody is.
Piracy is almost always a service problem.
I don't like piracy but if anybody's concerned about piracy, why don't they pay attention to our role in it?
The solution for piracy is to redefine piracy. Make things possible for everyone, without being labelled it as a crime.
The real great news is, in the piracy capitals of the world, Netflix is winning. We are pushing down piracy in those markets by getting the access.
Obscurity is just obscurity. There's no romance in obscurity.
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