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Old 03-31-2009, 02:09 PM   #185
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But the question from the consumer view is, would there be enough motivation to continue producing such quality after it is not an living? When car was invented, consumers had a better means to go from point A to point B. However, if professional writers go away, I seriously doubt we would have as much good reading as we now have.
I think you missed the point. It's not the professional writers who will go away now that the "car is invented", it's the professional middlemen who are charging an arm and a leg for "horse and buggy whips" and are trying to use laws to prop up their outdated business model.

I don't think anybody is arguing that the authors/musicians/etc should not get paid for their work. That's a straw man that some people use because it generates a lot more sympathy than arguing that the RIAA or Publishing executive needs more money. Authors, musicians, and consumers are all suffering due to the greed of the middlemen.
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