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Originally Posted by Jaime_Astorga
But we are still operating under the constraints of economics.
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One of the "laws of economics" is that a worker should be fairly compensated for their work (admittedly, a law that is not always honored as it is). How is that to be accomplished if their work is considered by consumers to be free?
For all the talk about future writing being done only by those who "love the act of writing," everyone has to admit that the excising of commercial writers from our world will mean a huge dearth of new and updated material, worldwide. Myself, I don't think that's a good thing.
So we need to figure out a fair way to fairly compensate
all authors, or face mega-bookstores with about 40 titles on their shelves.