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Originally Posted by frahse
One reason I blog anonymously is so I can make off the cuff remarks.
Many of my "tossed off" statements might require background and context to fully understand.
The underlying meaning of my statement about giving him karma was that I was in a very small way trying to make up for what "I" perceived as him, eventually at least, losing money with his DRM attitude.
My sincere belief is that artists, authors, and most all creative people lose out when they don't control and charge for their work. Now you can deliberately give it away if you want, and you can make it easy to steal if you wish, but I believe that these kinds of actions except for a few limited cases like gifts to charity, lessen the value of your creations and thereby lessen the value of everyone's creations.
I am not addressing advertising or performance enhancing strategies here.
It may work for a street performer to give away performances in advance, in hopes of donations or coins in a hat.
Musicians may perform for free in front of live audiences to prove themselves and advertise their ability. |
The statement I referred to was about your - or anyone's - ability to speak for another. If you're saying it was an off the cuff remark that you didn't think through, I can understand that.
How this requires "background and context to fully understand" is unclear.
How do artists, authors, and most all creative people lose out when they don't control and charge for their work?
Your point of view reminds me of a story I once read about Prince trying to prevent songs on his CDs from being listened to in any other order than the one he specified.