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Originally Posted by Moejoe
The author, the creator must, MUST understand that society can't operate the same in the digital as it does in the physical. When there is no scarcity, the whole idea of monetary value becomes far more abstract than it is now.
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It's becoming increasingly apparent that you're deliberately ignoring the fact that the work still cost some amount to produce. Scarcity or not, the cost of production remains. If that cost is not met, in future the work will not be produced.
It's not an abstract concept that an author who spends a year writing a book needs to feed, clothe and provide shelter for themselves whilst they do so. It doesn't matter how the book is reproduced - whether it's physical, electronic or (as you so kindly offered) tatooed on your backside - it still cost to produce it, and the author has the right to choose how or if they should be recompensed for doing so.