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matt_here's review against another edition
5.0
This books shows that there is much more to pirating than meets the eye.
rachelsayshello's review against another edition
3.0
Corporations have a choice to make--become pirates or suffer at the hands of pirates. Mason is a music journalist, so he backs up his arguments with anecdotes from the music industry. I didn't expect to end up with a clearer understanding of hip-hop, disco, grime, and underground radio, but unexpectedly I did. I know Mason's thesis does apply and will apply to every industry, it certainly works beautifully with the music industry--I just wish I could more cleanly apply it to publishing.
What this really got me thinking about though is money. How do creatives and the people who orbit creatives (publicists, ahem, for instance) make any money in this new pirate economy? Sure, Marc Ecko and Russell Simmons cashed in--but they're not the rule. And while Mason touches on the fact that Chinese rock stars make money from concerts instead of albums, and that they're not filthy rich--well, that still leaves a lot of creatives out of the equation. How do we pay rent and get health insurance in a pirate economy?
What this really got me thinking about though is money. How do creatives and the people who orbit creatives (publicists, ahem, for instance) make any money in this new pirate economy? Sure, Marc Ecko and Russell Simmons cashed in--but they're not the rule. And while Mason touches on the fact that Chinese rock stars make money from concerts instead of albums, and that they're not filthy rich--well, that still leaves a lot of creatives out of the equation. How do we pay rent and get health insurance in a pirate economy?
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