http://tlf.disqus.com/The Technology Liberation Front is the tech policy blog dedicated to keeping politicians' hands off the 'net and everything else related to technology.enThu, 27 Dec 2007 12:04:19 -0000http://techliberation.com/2007/12/25/discouraging-just-enough-infringement/#comment-1452982Taking it just one step further:<br>It is entirely possible that unauthorized use of a digital good will actually increase it's value:<br><br>For example, a song that becomes popular will be worth more and possible sell for more.<br><br>Also, information signals that black market grey markets send can be valuable--the big four labels monitor what is being swapped in the p2p networks and use that information in their marketing.<br><br>Clearly, for certain types of goods (ie Free Software) to more copies are made the more valuable it becomes--more bug fixes, more testing, more eyeballs looking at more bugs, and the network effect of something becoming a 'standard' also has to be allowed to enter into the calculation--MS may bemoan unauthorized copying of windows, but if the unauthorized copying leads to their software maintaining its monopoly, the unauthorized copying benefited MS.eee_effThu, 27 Dec 2007 12:04:19 -0000