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Originally Posted by emellaich
Because I like to read books. Yes, there are people who will write just because they like to write. Some of those will share for free. However, I don't doubt the supply will go down. And morally it is only fair to pay people who provide me with entertainment.
So the concept of ownership is our current way of monetizing this for creators. I don't like our current system, but I don't have any specific suggestions. Except for your suggestion that ownership should have some time limit that is less than today's standard. I agree with that.
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Perhaps the monetizing aspect is the problem? An end of money is a bit far off though lol...
We could simply allow anyone to upload but not set a price, then use some crowdsourcing to determine if the text is of any value. There's tons of things to try, and we should try them all.