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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
If you're goal is to make money, there are a lot of easier ways to make money other than writing....
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Look, the whole idea that artists shouldn't be in it for the money is bull$$$$ written by non artists, most of whom are living a lot more comfortably than artists. People who say that just need to stop.
Let's look at Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Maybe the greatest musical genius ever. If you look at his letters, are they full of esoteric fluff about the purity of art? No. They are full of discussions about bills, money and getting paid.
William Shakespeare? Successful playwright and investor in plays.
DaVinci? Very interested in getting paid for his weapons designs.
Chaucer? Comptroller of Customs as his day job.
Artists, like everyone else, want to make a living. Their overwhelming preference is to make a living practicing their art.
I am not an artist, but my preference is that artist focus on making good art. Furthermore, I want to make it easy and straightforward for artists to get paid for their art. I don't want them to have to think up "new business models", develop " new income streams", or do any of the other nonsense that piracy enablers want them to do.
Now the Internet makes it easy for creators of digital media to distribute their art. Unfortunately, it makes it easy for criminals to rip the creators off. Its time for us to stop enabling criminals by extending the rule of law. Contrary to the piracy enablers, that can be done without " breaking the Internet" or imposing Stalinist tyranny on us all.