a:60:{s:15:"comment_post_ID";s:4:"7508";s:14:"comment_author";s:5:"Jerry";s:20:"comment_author_email";s:21:"Jerry@freeprint.co.uk";s:18:"comment_author_url";s:0:"";s:15:"comment_content";s:792:"The analogy assumes that a writer rewrites the book every time it is reproduced. That isn't the case.

If I want some plumbing done, I have to pay a plumber every time, because the plumber is necessary and his time is a limited resource.

If I want to copy a book, the only resource required is a few microseconds of processor time and a negligible amount of cheap digital storage.

If a plumber's work could be copied as easily and cheaply as a writers, then plumbers would not be able to charge as much as they can for the skilled, labour-intensive work they must be present to perform every single time.

Nor does the person who taught the plumber how to fix pipes receive (or expect) payment for every job the plumber performs.

In short, the two things are not at all the same.";s:12:"comment_type";s:0:"";s:14:"comment_parent";s:4:"2616";s:7:"user_ID";s:1:"0";s:7:"user_ip";s:12:"194.34.7.145";s:10:"user_agent";s:114:"Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)";s:8:"referrer";s:74:"http://davidhewson.com/2011/02/another-insight-into-how-book-thieves-work/";s:4:"blog";s:22:"http://davidhewson.com";s:9:"blog_lang";s:5:"en_US";s:12:"blog_charset";s:5:"UTF-8";s:9:"permalink";s:74:"http://davidhewson.com/2011/02/another-insight-into-how-book-thieves-work/";s:9:"user_role";s:0:"";s:21:"akismet_comment_nonce";s:6:"passed";s:11:"POST_author";s:5:"Jerry";s:10:"POST_email";s:21:"Jerry@freeprint.co.uk";s:8:"POST_url";s:0:"";s:12:"POST_comment";s:792:"The analogy assumes that a writer rewrites the book every time it is reproduced. That isn't the case.

If I want some plumbing done, I have to pay a plumber every time, because the plumber is necessary and his time is a limited resource.

If I want to copy a book, the only resource required is a few microseconds of processor time and a negligible amount of cheap digital storage.

If a plumber's work could be copied as easily and cheaply as a writers, then plumbers would not be able to charge as much as they can for the skilled, labour-intensive work they must be present to perform every single time.

Nor does the person who taught the plumber how to fix pipes receive (or expect) payment for every job the plumber performs.

In short, the two things are not at all the same.";s:11:"POST_submit";s:12:"Post Comment";s:20:"POST_comment_post_ID";s:4:"7508";s:19:"POST_comment_parent";s:4:"2616";s:26:"POST_akismet_comment_nonce";s:10:"2149ead83b";s:15:"SERVER_SOFTWARE";s:79:"Apache/2.2.17 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.17 OpenSSL/0.9.8e-fips-rhel5 mod_bwlimited/1.4";s:11:"REQUEST_URI";s:21:"/wp-comments-post.php";s:14:"CONTENT_LENGTH";s:4:"1000";s:12:"CONTENT_TYPE";s:33:"application/x-www-form-urlencoded";s:13:"DOCUMENT_ROOT";s:42:"/home/davidhe4/public_html/davidhewson.com";s:17:"GATEWAY_INTERFACE";s:7:"CGI/1.1";s:11:"HTTP_ACCEPT";s:240:"image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, application/x-ms-application, application/x-ms-xbap, application/vnd.ms-xpsdocument, application/xaml+xml, application/vnd.ms-excel, application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, application/msword, */*";s:20:"HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE";s:5:"en-gb";s:15:"HTTP_CONNECTION";s:10:"Keep-Alive";s:11:"HTTP_COOKIE";s:0:"";s:9:"HTTP_HOST";s:15:"davidhewson.com";s:11:"HTTP_PRAGMA";s:8:"no-cache";s:12:"HTTP_REFERER";s:74:"http://davidhewson.com/2011/02/another-insight-into-how-book-thieves-work/";s:11:"HTTP_UA_CPU";s:3:"x86";s:15:"HTTP_USER_AGENT";s:114:"Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)";s:8:"HTTP_VIA";s:18:"1.1 EH-MBP-Z-ISA01";s:4:"PATH";s:13:"/bin:/usr/bin";s:12:"QUERY_STRING";s:0:"";s:15:"REDIRECT_STATUS";s:3:"200";s:11:"REMOTE_ADDR";s:12:"194.34.7.145";s:11:"REMOTE_PORT";s:5:"41002";s:14:"REQUEST_METHOD";s:4:"POST";s:15:"SCRIPT_FILENAME";s:63:"/home/davidhe4/public_html/davidhewson.com/wp-comments-post.php";s:11:"SCRIPT_NAME";s:21:"/wp-comments-post.php";s:11:"SERVER_ADDR";s:14:"67.225.237.100";s:12:"SERVER_ADMIN";s:37:"webmaster@davidhewson.davidhewson.net";s:11:"SERVER_NAME";s:15:"davidhewson.com";s:11:"SERVER_PORT";s:2:"80";s:15:"SERVER_PROTOCOL";s:8:"HTTP/1.1";s:16:"SERVER_SIGNATURE";s:133:"<address>Apache/2.2.17 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.17 OpenSSL/0.9.8e-fips-rhel5 mod_bwlimited/1.4 Server at davidhewson.com Port 80</address>
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