Writer Paulo Coelho on anti-piracy laws

"In the former Soviet Union, in the late 1950s and 60s, many books that questioned the political system began to be circulated privately in mimeographed form. Their authors never earned a penny in royalties," says the famous (and famously criticized) writer Paulo Coelho on his blog this weekend.
He has quite an interesting point regarding the new laws against internet piracy. He does not talk about the freedom of the internet like others - his colun concerns just writers and writing. "As an author, I should be defending ‘intellectual property’, but I’m not. Pirates of the world, unite and pirate everything I’ve ever written!" says he, surprising many a reader.
More of his opinion in the column at http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/01/20/welcome-to-pirate-my-books/ and in his other columns at that blog. Food for thought indeed, and one does not have to be his reader or fan to find this take quite interesting.