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Originally Posted by Jaime_Astorga
Err... no. When I studied economics, I assure you "people should be compensated for their work" was not an economical principle. If anything, that is a moral question.
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So there's no room for "incentive" in modern economics? Nowhere is it written that a producer is supposed to profit from their work? Or are we just staying conveniently mum about the chapters that describe whip-cracking slave workers and indentured servitude?
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Originally Posted by Jaime_Astorga
Will thousands of years of written works suddenly banish from the shelves?
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Yes: With no way for a publisher to be fairly paid for them (since they're "free" now), they too will disappear from bookstores and other outlets, leaving the bookstores with nothing to sell but the few books written by those who "love to write"... no matter what the quality. ("Oh, joy: Another teenage vampire romance short story by 'Francey.' My day is made.")
So bookstores will go out of business with publishers. Amazon will be left selling everything
except books, because there will be no profit market from them.
Trust me: You don't want to see a world where authors don't get paid.