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there's a story on the bbc site today highlighting a debate between mpaa president bill glickman and eff [electronic fronteir foundation] co-founder / grateful dead lyricist john perry barlow. why do the people from the industry sound like such idiots all the time:

It is ridiculous to believe that you can give product away for free and be more successful. I mean it defies the laws of nature. Would a clothing store give all their clothes for free? Would a car dealership give all its cars for free? Of course not. If they don't make a profit in this world they're out of business. That's just the laws of human nature.