Neil Gaiman on Copyright Piracy and the Web
“Places where I was being pirated […] I was selling more and more books. People were discovering me through being pirated. And then they were going out and buying the real books”
“Nobody who would’ve bought your book is not buying it because they can find it for free. What you’re actually doing is advertising, you’re reaching more people, you’re raising awareness.”
Have I said how much I love him?
Neil Gaiman is a better person than. Period.
Trufax.
A different author’s perspective. Like the pirates who are ten times more likely to buy music than other people, a lot of folks are introduced to new authors and series through pirating.
-Jess
This is up here because (a) Neil is awesome, and listening to him speak is incredibly calming, and (b) because he is intelligently, incisively and calmly demonstrating that his personal success as an artist increases with sharing content.
(Source: melisnighthawkbarton)
