[p2p-research] Fwd: [fcf_discussion] Piracy and job losses in the EU

[Michel Bauwens]

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Michel

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 10:55 PM, Kevin Carson <
free.market.anticapitalist at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 3/22/10, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: david at davidhammerstein.org <david at davidhammerstein.org>
>
> > JOB LOSSES IN EUROPE AND " ILLEGAL DOWNLOADS": MYTHS AND REALITY
>
> > 2. DIGITAL PIRACY "REASSIGNS" ECONOMIC CONSUMPTION WITHOUT CAUSING A NET
> > ECONOMIC LOSS TO ECONOMY.
>
> >  Downloading cultural material means money is spent  instead in other
> areas
> > such as housing, food and services rather than on buying CDs.  The
> > alternative expenditures could be more job creating, more productive and
> > more socially valuable than spending on digital entertainment materials.
> > There can even be a social benefit to spending less on digital
> entertainment
> > and more on other goods. As well, both less money being spent on digital
> > entertainment and more downloading can often mean more money spent on
> live
> > performances and theater which benefits performers and creators more
> > directly.
>
> I think he's wrong on this particular.  I doubt there's a one-to-one
> tradeoff in monetized consumption between reduced expenditures for
> music and increased expenditures elsewhere.  Some of the reduced cost
> is probably taken in leisure--and some of that involuntarily, in
> today's economic climate.  Overall, as Eric Reasons argued, the  rise
> of Free means we're probably seeing a net reduction in the total
> amount of consumption needs met by monetized expenditure, and the
> disappearance of a growing set of needs from the cash nexus.
>
> Of course in the case of the music industry, a disproportionate of the
> net loss of monetized consumption is probably suffered by the record
> companies, whereas a larger share of what money remains can be
> appropriated directly by artists without relying on record company
> marketing and finance.  So the dislocation for actual producers, as
> opposed to useless eaters, will arguably be mitigated.
>
> That was the subject of this blog post:
>
> http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/abundance-creates-utility-but-destroys-exchange-value/2010/02/02
>
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