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Barcey · 08-12-2008, 12:34 PM

I have the Olympics on while browsing this thread and I can’t help but compare to some of the doom and gloom in the thread.

Professional athletes and team owners would probably say we should all pay to watch each of the athletes as they compete. Why would anyone train for 14 hours a day over 4 years if they’re not guaranteed compensation. For some reason they do. Yes I know people will say that they do it for the future endorsements etc... but for a lot of them that’s not why they do it. It’s something inside them that is driving them to do it.

There will also be uncompensated usage of peoples efforts. We can’t always focus on how we can eliminate it because we can’t. The question is how to make a living despite it. I’ve seen a disproportionate number of threads about “piracy” vs the massive potential and enablement of e-publishing.

I think it’s great that a french author in Canada now has the potential to easily sell books to the entire french speaking world. We’re eliminating all the barriers to get the books to the people so they can purchase them, now the problem is to get the people to want to read them ... and pay for them.

Apple and Amazon are proving that you can sell electronic media for a profit without DRM despite uncompensated consumption of music.

I’m disappointed in humanity when I see people looting and I’m disappointed in humanity when I hear that people are reading books without compensating the author but I’m used to disappointment. I still think that electronic publishing is a big plus for authors.

[hits commercial skip on PVR to avoid compensating advertisers]

Canada = 0 medals

[sigh]

08-12-2008, 12:34 PM	#482
Barcey Wizard Posts: 1,531 Karma: 8059866 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada Device: Kobo H2O / Aura HD / Glo / iPad3	I have the Olympics on while browsing this thread and I can’t help but compare to some of the doom and gloom in the thread. Professional athletes and team owners would probably say we should all pay to watch each of the athletes as they compete. Why would anyone train for 14 hours a day over 4 years if they’re not guaranteed compensation. For some reason they do. Yes I know people will say that they do it for the future endorsements etc... but for a lot of them that’s not why they do it. It’s something inside them that is driving them to do it. There will also be uncompensated usage of peoples efforts. We can’t always focus on how we can eliminate it because we can’t. The question is how to make a living despite it. I’ve seen a disproportionate number of threads about “piracy” vs the massive potential and enablement of e-publishing. I think it’s great that a french author in Canada now has the potential to easily sell books to the entire french speaking world. We’re eliminating all the barriers to get the books to the people so they can purchase them, now the problem is to get the people to want to read them ... and pay for them. Apple and Amazon are proving that you can sell electronic media for a profit without DRM despite uncompensated consumption of music. I’m disappointed in humanity when I see people looting and I’m disappointed in humanity when I hear that people are reading books without compensating the author but I’m used to disappointment. I still think that electronic publishing is a big plus for authors. [hits commercial skip on PVR to avoid compensating advertisers] Canada = 0 medals [sigh]