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Old 07-16-2009, 06:04 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by Moejoe View Post
Who mentioned charity? You are being paid not for the digital product which has zero worth in the digital economy, but for your time and effort/your perceived value to the reader. At least that would be the case on any donation based model used. Actually I would have thought authors would be elated to know that fans were subsidizing them out of genuine love and a desire to nurture their talent, rather than just buying a product (a product that can be ignored and tossed aside, because in the end that's all it is, a product made of atoms).
The donation model didn't work for software developers, and I don't see it working for any kind of artist.

Perhaps I'm just an aging cynic, but people won't pay for what they can get for free.

The water analogy isn't quite apt IMO. The water that comes out of spigots and drinking fountains has been castigated as tainted. people are buying "purity" in those plastic bottles, not water.
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