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What does it mean?
The author profits from the controversy or attention censorship creates.
In plain terms
I got rich by controlling what people see.
What can you take from it?
Restriction can be profitable.

Where it applies

  • media
  • entertainment
  • policy

Putting it to work

  • identify value in restriction
  • analyze industry incentives

Questions to consider

  • Is restriction ever good?
  • Who benefits from rules?

Another view

Censorship often suppresses art rather than selling it.

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