> He envisages a world where our cultural products escape
> the tyranny of "the Man". Sure, that would be great, but
> what would really happen if this occurred in an economy
> which functions in and through the profit motive?
On the other hand, a few years ago two interesting factoids surfaced:
1) Microsoft claimed to be losing up to $300M/yr to Chinese software pirates 2) Coca Cola was spending $1.2B/yr on advertising in China
Solution: Coca-Cola pays Microsoft to make software, get a free license with every 6-pack and skip the "trade crisis" ...
/jordan