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Originally Posted by PKFFW
I'd like to see how these same people felt about their boss saying your time doesn't equal money to me. How would they feel if he said "I don't care if it takes you 1, 2 or 3 hours to make something for me, I can only sell it for $5 so I'm only paying you $2."
I'm pretty sure their tune would change.
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Your analogy is irrelevant. The process of writing is unseen, has an unkown time frame, and is subjectively enjoyed by the creator. It is also, for a vast majority, done on-spec without a contract or any fixed hours. It has very little parallel with an employee/employer xhours = xpay job.
And in any case your analogy is almost to a tea what the publishing companies do. They offer advances on sales that they think will happen... doesn't matter how many hours you put into the creation of the work, if they deem it to be worth only $5 then they will only pay you an advance that they can then make some profit from. So they'll pay you $2
Find another analogy that actually makes sense and I'll argue against it.
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What about the value that comes from the reading?
It's all very well and good to argue that it's all about value and to argue that you(not you personally but a "general" you) aren't going to pay based on the time spent creating. However, if you are going to argue that then by rights you should argue that if you really really enjoy the book then you should be willing to pay alot for it right? I mean the value you gained from the book is very high since you thoroughly enjoyed it and will have those memories forever. If we do away with DRM you could also say then that you have the book forever to re-read, onsell etc as well so that should add further value right?
Can't really see that happening though, can you? I'm pretty sure the arguement will stop at the "I don't care how long it took or how much effort it took to write" part.
Cheers,
PKFFW
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Actually I did argue in earlier posts that I thought payment after enjoyment was the best method (or was that in another thread?). In any case I don't think set prices reflect the digital age, especially in the face of zero-cost and infinite reproduction. Set prices make little sense to a digital audience. Now, paying after you've enjoyed something, that might work. So yeah, reading does have value. Although thats up to the individual to decide, not the company.