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Originally Posted by schex86
It seems that authors of that time wrote their books as means of expressing thought, of telling stories they wanted told, and they did so freely and apparently without the incentive of potentially vast amounts of financial compensation.
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Yes, very true.
And people used to live in tribes and share everything. Then later on kings ruled the world and effectively owned everything and everyone had to pay almost everything they had in taxes or be hung. Then along came capitalism and democracy and the concept of personal property. With that came the idea of earning a living doing what one likes.
Times have changed have they not? So why continue to argue from a concept and viewpoint rooted 200 years in the past? As so many argue regarding the publishers and the old way of business........times have changed and we all must change with them.
Cheers,
PKFFW