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Originally Posted by tompe
As was pointed out in another thread, most authors now aday have another day job. They do not depend on the income from writing to survive or to live.
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You're right... so many of them write, and offer their works for others to read, out of the goodness of their hearts. And you want to repay their kindness by not giving them anything for their labors? Not even so much as a "Thank you, sucker?" How
fair is that?
Do I have a right to tell you how much money you have a right to earn in your job (assuming you have one), or in your life? Then exactly what gives you the right to tell me what I have a right to earn?
It's also been pointed out that most of us do not read from "most authors"... we tend to read from those few who have publishers... the ones who are generally considered "good." If those people, who wish to get paid for their work, stop writing, think about what readers are left with. In other words, your plan would only lower the overall quality of available writing.
And there's too much drek out there now.