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Originally Posted by Krystian Galaj
Any sort of factual support for this claim?
I expect that if people in general had more knowledge of the world around them, vast majority of population would see no difference between them and fanfic authors - and those create for free. If they only know about bookstores, and paper books, and authors creating for money, they're not really well informed. Answers based on people's ignorance aren't very convincing, even if made by lots of people.
I don't see why you consider book publishing and book selling industries neccessary - if their business model becomes obsolete, and stops bringing money, people will migrate to jobs that pay and as a society we'll be overall more efficient.
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Ever heard of editors? How do you make any book stand out? Do you really want a world with a million authors who all just self publish on the web? How will anyone ever choose? And if it happens, then the work of the publishers just will be taken over by "reviewers' websites" and you authors will have to shell out to get good reviews or top spaces on the search sites. So, we come back to Google, Apple, and Co.
And please tell me, what "productive" work do you imagine will be left in the Western world if intellectual property is not being protected? Most of the jobs that produce physical goods are in Asia, what is left for you?