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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
An author should be free to distribute their works as they see fit.
Total entitlement of all people to all information would lead to many people not sharing that information in any form whatsoever.
Perhaps if it was a book/movie that was needed to complete one's education...
Helen
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An author can either keep their works hidden (author in the cave) or upload.
Once uploaded an authors texts should be available for anyone to access. Fees and compensation should not be demanded beforehand, but rather compensation can be drawn from the readers income tax. Public patronage of the arts, where the patrons are the actual public.
People choosing not to share their information under the total entitlement network would be a positive at first since there would be less dreck for potential readers to sift through. As the system began to work, by recompensing authors for enjoyable reads, more authors would begin to see the value of the network and the number of uploads would increase.
Every text I have ever read has contributed to my education, (the development of myself) everything is necessary, everything is valuable.
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Originally Posted by Redcard
Okay, well, donationware works, per se.
And yeah, I do work on opensource software, too.. and I make money off the donations.. but we're talking beer and pizza (okay, and some really fun gadgets every once in awhile) money for the most part. Not mortgage and car payment money  I think many authors would find it hard to survive on the generosity of others. |
If you got rid of the car you could afford more pizza! Also, why not just think that authors would be able to survive on the generosity of others? If we're just thinking about stuff, might as well think positive.