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Originally Posted by Dusty Bottoms
No, they won't, just as they weren't before capitalism existed as a driving force. They won't because money isn't everything and the bottom line isn't everything to creation - you ever see kids worrying about what units they're shifting when they're sat with a crayon and a freshly painted wall in front of them? No, because creativity is innate in every single human being. It is not a gift, it is not driven by God or any other magical creature, it's essential and it must take place for us to continue, for us to evolve. Some create more than others, but it's not just a binary existence of creator and consumer, we are all one and the same in this.
In any case, you're arguing with the wrong person. I can just about respond to you without laughing because I can understand the frustration of transitioning from the analog world to the digital, but people under 21? None of what you're saying would float with anyone of that generation. They weren't and aren't growing up in a system where everything costs, where you have to wait (I was, and you were also I'm guessing). They're existing in a system where information is within their reach twenty-four hours a day, where everything is on-demand whether the content-providers want it to be or not.
Do you honestly believe that DRM and forcing people to pay, or even expecting them to pay for digital 'goods' is actually going to work? Divorce all the emotion, all the what-you-think-is-right and what-you-think-should-happen, and just look around you. Can you, hand on heart, say that piracy is going away, that we can go on treating the digital like the analog and actually make that work?
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Well, we don't want to get into a discussion about capitalism here.
With regard to the other questions, yes, expecting people to pay for digital goods works right now. Plenty of people pay for music and film, and video downloads.
And in Europe you already pay through surcharges on all storage media. Besides, I see the steady march of Google and Apple, and that is what will be difficult to stop.
You are making my point -- the world the younger generation knows is NOT free, it is ad supported. They are not actively shelling out money, they are under a constant bombardment of ads, but have a much lower sensitivity to ads and intrusions of privacy. Google knows more about most people then they know themselves --- because people use their free services. The world is changing, alright. But not as you are envisioning it.
And no -- I have no connection to the publishing world. And no, I am not frustrated
