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Originally Posted by carld
I'd really love to see some proof of those statements, and what these alternative revenue streams actually are. Can you link some examples that have worked for people, for example, who haven't already achieved some degree of success through the traditional copyright system?
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I think you misunderstood me. The "alternative revenue streams" are everything they do to make up the difference between what they earn directly from writing and what they need to live. I'm not restricting that to writing-related activities, though there are some like writing for hire, performing your work, teaching and so on. But it's also every kind of "day job" or other source of income.
What I'm saying is that copyright doesn't magically free most writers from the need to find the rest of the rent money by working in a book store simply because most writers don't earn anywhere near enough from writing anyway. So if copyright went away - which remember I'm NOT advocating - the primary impact would be that they'd need to do more of what they're already having to do. And since they're already having to do these things they're not new and unheard of, they're already common and mundane.