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Originally Posted by MrsJoseph
How would you feel if your boss told you that you should work for free?
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People get told this all the time. It's called commission sales work. You don't get a buyer to agree to pay you money, and you don't get a cut, no matter how much time you've spent.
Look, I am not condoning piracy by any means. But the 'writing is a job' thing doesn't hold any weight for me. I work a 9-5 sort of job and I have a contract. I can sue my boss if she doesn't pay me for it. On the other hand, I *have* done commission sales, and NOT gotten paid for it. No sale, no money. Writers are, from a business standpoint, commission sales workers. You have to pitch to your customer and convince them why they should give you a sale as opposed to going with some other option. If you are not doing that, you won't make money.