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Old 07-19-2009, 04:28 AM   #81
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Originally Posted by klikklak View Post
@sonist, well the connection is because people are worried that creative works wouldn't be compensated in any way, thus making writers unemployed. But if they'd be paid not in relation to sales, but in relation to being members of a municipality/community, there would be more people who would be able to spend time on writing and other creative tasks....
Hm, so a lazy red Orangutan like me, can be sitting on his atrophied tail, scribbling gibberish from time to time, and get the same beer money as JK Rowling.... Hey, me likes

In reality, I'd guess some authors will still make a living in this digital economy, and some won't. Just like it's always been.
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