The porn industry as an example for the media business

    Secret Firms magazine has published an excellent interview with an economics professor at Washington University in St. Louis Michele Boldrin, a famous fighter against copyright. In his books and scientific papers, Boldrin argues that copyright is not an engine of progress, but a brake on it. He cites the pornographic industry as an example, in which copyright is virtually non-existent.

    “We came to the conclusion that the porn industry is a good example of how a world without copyright would work. Formally, copyright also exists in it, but pornographers never particularly sought to defend it: the courts too often denied them lawsuits. As a result, in pornography we got the model of business organization that copyright has taken from cinema , ”says Boldrin. -The porn industry is much more consumer-friendly than the traditional movie business. The actual abolition of copyright in the industry has made products much more accessible to the client. When a new porn movie comes out, it is sold through closed online clubs for $ 30-40. Then the film appears on less expensive sites and eventually becomes a public domain. This is good for the buyer! People love pornography and want to consume it. In this respect, it is no different from any other product .

    In addition, Boldrin recalls that it was thanks to pornography that many technical innovations appeared, including streaming video on the Internet, electronic commerce, electronic payment systems, etc. This is clear evidence that the absence of copyright does not hinder innovation at all, but even encourages it.

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