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The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism [Hardcover]

Matt Mason
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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment (8 Jan 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1416532188
  • ISBN-13: 978-1416532187
  • Product Dimensions: 16.3 x 2.5 x 23.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 273,823 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Business and youth culture, remixed and purloined, 16 May 2008
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This review is from: The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism (Hardcover)
You've been sleeping through an earthquake if you haven't noticed teenagers freely creating and sharing digital music, photos and videos through the Internet. This is just one example of young pirates blurring the boundaries between ownership and invention, and rebelliously creating new innovations that ultimately transform society and the commercial marketplace. In a book that is both hipster and academic, author Matt Mason makes the case that idea pirates and other rebels who draw from pop culture to create new forms (thus often defying intellectual property laws) can, and often do, benefit society. Mason surveys the landscape for piracy and finds it everywhere, from music remixing to viral hip-hop videos. Although he sometimes slips into the youthful delusion that creativity began with his own generation, Mason does highlight an important point: pirate innovations can help steer society's course. getAbstract recommends this book to C-level executives seeking to understand changes in the competitive landscape, creative marketers who want to think outside the box and anyone interested in the underground's influence on mainstream culture.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Delivers what it says on the cover, 18 Oct 2009
This review is from: The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism (Hardcover)
I read 80% of this book with enthusiasm. The author's knowledge of the music industry's developments is very good and well described - I learnt a lot. Also his analysis of how piracy is a significant contributor to capitalism is very convincing. His view on how companies should regard piracy and how they should best compete with it are sound.
However his scientific knowledge is lacking and the idea that a 3D printer which form objects in poor quality brittle plastic can replace manufactured goods is not credible. His world view from the music industry is one of music, videos, clothes and his opinions cedrtainly hold weight there.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Book that could shape the future, 11 Feb 2009
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This is an excellent book. so much so that despite already owning a PDF version i'm choosing to buy a physical copy as well. As someone who runs a creative enterprise it has been useful in clarifying a number of things. Anyone who is working in the creative industry or wants to know where society is heading and why should read this book. If your sick of hearing major companies complain and want to know if the music/film and any other creative industry is really doomed read this book. I would say theres a few major label execs who could do with trying to understand this book. Maybe several copyright lawyers as well.
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