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Originally Posted by BWinmill
The economic value of copywritten works probably works the same way: if we reduced everything to the same price ($0, $1, $5, or whatever) it is unlikely that we would ever gain an understanding of the value of a given work. In other words, the holistic view tells us bugger all. Taking a reductionist view, by removing conflating variables such as advertising or an author's reputation yet retaining supply side economics (through copyright) would probably tell us more about the value of a particular work.
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Again, this is simply taking the easy way out. Implement a system (copyright) that artificially creates a scarcity to inflate a perceived value.
We cannot remove advertising, because in the end, that is all we have. I'm not talking about adwords lol.
If all works were equally available to all, a number of books would certainly rise to top of our collective consciousness. By simply merging the top paid and top free categories into one category, top, we might begin to understand...