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Originally Posted by ardeegee
Some of us seem to have complete opposites in philosophies of life. For some, producing non-physical "stuff" (be it sounds, patterns of light, words) is a means to an ends of making money. But for others, the production and sharing of ideas and "art" is the ends itself. Those kinds of people produce things because they are passionate about it, and because they want to "give back" to society for all the great "stuff" that they enjoy.
I'm perfectly fine with seeing the end of the first group if we keep the second.
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Why do so many on here(generally those advocating "file-sharing") always portray an
either/or situation?
Either you create for the simple joy of creating
OR you create only as a "means to an ends of making money"! There can never be an in between can there?
Sure there might be those who create simple because they enjoy creating or they want the recognition or to "give back" and would never dream of accepting any money for their efforts. And of course there may be those out there who create solely to make money.
Here's the reality though............the vast, vast majority create because they enjoy creating and at the same time they would love to make money from it!
I know, horrible to think that a creative person would sully themselve with the idea of money but there you have it! And you know what? That isn't a bad thing, it doesn't make them capitalist pigs, it doesn't lessen their creativity or cheapen their work or somehow make them or their work less worthy or noble.
Very very few people fall in one extreme or the other. I have not personally met anyone who really hates creating and only does it for the money. I have also not personally met anyone who would say no to being able to earn their primary source of income from doing what they love to do - creating.
Cheers,
PKFFW