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Author Strips Naked To Protest Book Piracy; Probably Works As Well As Anything Else
from the that-is-to-say,-it-won't-work dept
Not quite sure what to make of this, but ZDNet has the story of Brazilian author Vanessa de Oliveira stripping naked in public to protest infringing copies of her books, both printed and digital, in Peru. She wrote "NO TO PIRACY" (or, rather, "NO A LA PIRATERIA") in red ink on her front and back, and disrobed in a public place (in front of the Governmental Palace in Lima, Peru) with lots of cameras and press around. Obviously, there is video, though, of course it is certainly NSFW (depending on your place of work):
The ZDNet piece provides some rough translations of what de Oliveira had to say on the matter, including claims that there is no book piracy in Brazil (totally not true) and that infringement of books "endangers culture" (also empirically not true).
If it's not obvious, this is clearly a publicity stunt around her book, which according to TorrentFreak's article is "based on her experiences bedding nearly 5,000 men." Uh, yeah.
But the thing that struck me about all of this is that this sort of thing probably works about as well as any other "anti-piracy" technique. Well, if anything, it might do more to increase both piracy and sales of her book, as it may increase interest in the book. But I fail to see how it does anything whatsoever to decrease piracy.
If it's not obvious, this is clearly a publicity stunt around her book, which according to TorrentFreak's article is "based on her experiences bedding nearly 5,000 men." Uh, yeah.
But the thing that struck me about all of this is that this sort of thing probably works about as well as any other "anti-piracy" technique. Well, if anything, it might do more to increase both piracy and sales of her book, as it may increase interest in the book. But I fail to see how it does anything whatsoever to decrease piracy.
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Blech....
Proving yet again that there are enough men out there that will dive into anything that the earth will never be unpopulated....
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Its monday, I've been good, I'm allowed some snark.
Or the sales of her book are so dismal she blames her failure on "piracy" and gets naked to promote her book and get more press coverage which will boost book sales....
Profiting from sex... wouldn't that make her a.... nevermind...
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And is it in English?
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Do tell! What study proves this beyond doubt?
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We have to stop eating to stare after all.
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Oh right, because nobody watches that shitty show here.
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But ...
No, I won't rise to that.
Aaargh.
F*&%
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I have the same attitude with advertising (European advertising features nudity) and movies. In fact I do not watch Game of Thrones because of the nudity I've seen in the few episodes I've watched.
Oh and in anticipation of some replies: I have no issue with sex. I like it as much as anyone else. The thing is:
1) If I want to see nude women, I know how to find adult websites, so clearly that's not what I'm looking for when I turn on the TV.
2) I am perfectly capable of watching a TV show/ad/listening to somebody and enjoying it without it featuring nudity. Assuming and implying that I cannot do this is outright insulting.
Also, I'd go as far as to say that what this author did is sexist. She's implicitly saying that all men are perverts. And I think this is a serious issue since in this day and age men are regularly discriminated against because of that sort of stereotype.
If I was handing out free vacuums in an attempt to get attention from the female branch of the public, you bet people would be quick to call me sexist. What this author did is no different, except for the fact that anti-man sexism is often not acknowledged to exist and even denied.
Anyway, this is a complete fail to get the attention of interesting people =/
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Re: Blech....
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First off topless isn't naked
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it could work...
I promise not to buy or read it either, just make it stop!
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And made the coffee naked?
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Opportunity cost is always a real issue, one Mike seldom seems interested in looking at.
The claim is that there is empirical data. I want to see the report.
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Not really unless she charged any of these 5000 men. She's (trying) to profit from a book.
But if you check the first post it describes my reaction to the.. Image..
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I don't have a study, but judging by recent history (say, the past century), piracy seems to have had a negligible negative impact on cultural output (if any at all).
If anything, authors seem to harm themselves more when they try to fight piracy by, for example, implementing ever more restrictive DRM measures.
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If you actually look at the most pirated works they're all also the ones that sell the most copies, and the onezs that get pirated but not bought are completly horrible or unavailable/hard to get legally in most regions.
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Oh - and I AM a writer, and if my book gets pirated I'll be cheering!
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Chicken Little is a Stephen King wannabe
Obscurity seems to be much more of a problem here than moochers.
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A urinal is much safer and much less of a slut.
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It's okay, you can say it: ...advertiser!
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Mike would be all over my ass calling me names if I posted up something like that. Either bring a study or agree with me that the statement is crap.
You might FEEL it is right, but empirical proof? Come on... that would get a loud laugh if posted by "the other side"
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ohhhhhhh...
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So with you there, but then you go and spoil it.
"In fact I do not watch Game of Thrones because of the nudity I've seen in the few episodes I've watched."
"2) I am perfectly capable of watching a TV show/ad/listening to somebody and enjoying it without it featuring nudity. "
But incapable of watching or enjoying one in which there is occasional brief nudity. The problem is yours brother.
I refer you to Sam the Eagle, who roughly shares your view.
http://youtu.be/bZ0SRgh3X9Q
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I didn't read that correctly
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Have you heard of open source?
It is creating millionaires.
On the traditional though there are the Kindle millionaires that all allowed people to copy them, not to mention famous writers that also saw their own sales increase after making their own works available for free like Paulo Coelho and his website piratecoelho.com.
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There a billion dollar company that is based on piracy of its own published works :)
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But, if you really want studies, I can give you some.
Try this:
http://www.techdirt.com/search.php?cx=partner-pub-4050006937094082%3Acx0qff-dnm1&cof=FO RID%3A9&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=yet+another+study
(Notice that all I did was search for "yet another study" on this page. By that alone, you can deduce the magnitude of the data available which you are conveniently overlooking)
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She was a prostitute and apparently a well paid one that people paid to pee on her according to her interview or was the other way around I can't remember.
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I can just imagine the end of a long week was that 3346 or 3359 to date??
Imagine the tick marks on her headboard...Probably looks like an ancient Chinese carving....from a distance
Then their is the old High school debate....Do Bj's count?
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Fifty State Survey of Adult Sex Offender Registration Requirements
http://www.csom.org/pubs/50%20state%20survey%20adult%20registries.pdf
And as to what that means look no further than here:
Julia Tuttle Causeway sex offender colony
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Tuttle_Causeway_sex_offender_colony
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I'd say it works better. Flashing people doesn't endanger vital global information infrastructure.
So here's to more naked people, and less DMCA takedowns!
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uhh
Fuck everybody and expect to get paid.
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For those who say
Piracy is a real problem and ANY attention brought to it is a good thing.
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You're all misssing the point
She may have stumbled across the most effective anti-piracy strategy ever.
It's simple:
People pirate her book, she removes her clothes.
People don't pirate the book, the clothes stay on.
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The fact that your being pirated is a measure of your success in a way. If no one is pirating your stuff it means you totally suck.
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Re: You're all misssing the point
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On second tought she might look like the woman in the article. Forget I asked.
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TO THE TORRENTS!
(No I didnt watch the vid)
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Yay, it's a... oh... Oh no..
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Public, not pubic! Whole different kind of video, that......
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won't this have the opposite effect?
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And sorry by my lazy english!! I always trying to catch techdirt posts via my strangely populated Google Reader. I hope someday Brazil have such powerful and intelligent voice as well. Because we are Pirates! err... People who like to share awesome things!
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I should be paid for permanent damage to my eyes... I mean ffs I'd rather stick my unit in the garbage disposal. It would turn out really really REALLY bad but at least I'd still be alive 40 years down the road.
If I went with the alternative I would still be alive 40 years down the road but I'd be in the nut house eating my own shit singing Yankee Doodle while laughing my ass off.. About what? Exactly..
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She's Not FAT; very important for promotion
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