How Pirates Led Struggle for Free Markets and Open Trade
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May 29 (Bloomberg) -- Kim Dotcom, the accused online piratewho founded the cloud-storage service Megaupload.com, recentlymade a surprising statement to the Guardian newspaper: “Irespect copyright. What I don’t respect is copyright extremism.And what I don’t respect is a business model that encouragespiracy.”
Before dismissing his comments as disingenuous, considerthat pirates have long been strong supporters of free markets,fighting monopolies and other restrictions on commerce.