Access to Knowledge: YEA or NAY - Page 24

Giggleton · 03-19-2012, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by bill_mchale

"If the user finds their text useful...". So essentially everything in your world would be use first and then compensate later?

I can think of other ways that authors can be compensated. For one, I think a kind of subscription library (with breaks for those who are too poor to pay the standard fee) might be a good way to go. In fact, I have argued for something like that as probably the only practical way to actually end piracy. That being said, its not the law of the land yet, and likely never will be. And while copyright is the law of the land, and the best thing yet tried, I will defend authors rights to enforce those copyrights by reasonable means. I want them to write more; a lot more.

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Bill

In my world, everyone is nice to each other.

Freeshadow · 03-19-2012, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Giggleton

In my world, everyone is nice to each other.

Yourself excluded, because expecting everything given to you for free you don't do this yourself.

indeed

Giggleton · 03-19-2012, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Freeshadow

Yourself excluded, because expecting everything given to you for free you don't do this yourself.

indeed

In my world everything is free.

ucfgrad93 · 03-19-2012, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Giggleton

In my world everything is free.

Except the ebook you have for sale on Amazon.

bill_mchale · 03-19-2012, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Giggleton

In my world, everyone is nice to each other.

Any system that depends on that is doomed to failure. IF history has demonstrated anything, it is that there are always enough not-nice people to shipwreck any system that depends on everyone being nice to each other.

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Bill

bill_mchale · 03-19-2012, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Giggleton

In my world everything is free.

Then the idea of compensating authors if the work is useful is simply a lark, of less value than karma is here. After all, if everything is free, then money is useless.

Of course making a system like that work will probably involve taking people of moderate intelligence and putting them up against the wall....

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Bill

TGS · 03-19-2012, 04:25 PM

I voted yes but I'd like to impose a proviso: the knowledge that the website distributes is guaranteed true and immutable. Otherwise the website owners should be subject to a slow and painful death, or be forced to read rubbish science fiction.

Penforhire · 03-19-2012, 07:04 PM

Very few things are true and immutable.

DiapDealer · 03-19-2012, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Penforhire

Very few things are true and immutable.

That's not true.

Spoiler:

Freeshadow · 03-19-2012, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by TGS

I voted yes but I'd like to impose a proviso: the knowledge that the website distributes is guaranteed true and immutable. Otherwise the website owners should be subject to a slow and painful death, or be forced to read rubbish science fiction.

You are a well of mercy. You could force them to read gigletons posts instead, and (if you have a real bad day) tell them to explain the logic within

mrscoach · 03-19-2012, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Freeshadow

You are a well of mercy. You could force them to read gigletons posts instead, and (if you have a real bad day) tell them to explain the logic within

Let's not set them an impossible task. You might as well have them swim to the moon.

Giggleton · 03-19-2012, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by bill_mchale

Any system that depends on that is doomed to failure. IF history has demonstrated anything, it is that there are always enough not-nice people to shipwreck any system that depends on everyone being nice to each other.

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Bill

Then we must simply abandon all systems.

HansTWN · 03-19-2012, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Giggleton

Then we must simply abandon all systems.

Another one for your book! Keep them coming.

Giggleton · 03-20-2012, 02:17 AM

Well this poll is close enough to 50/50 for me.

Freeshadow · 03-20-2012, 08:23 AM

But only because you asked about knowledge and meant entertainment. Misleading would be an epic understatement.

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03-19-2012, 04:25 PM	#352
TGS Country Member Posts: 9,058 Karma: 7676767 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Denmark Device: Liseuse: Irex DR800. PRS 505 in the house, and the missus has an iPad.	I voted yes but I'd like to impose a proviso: the knowledge that the website distributes is guaranteed true and immutable. Otherwise the website owners should be subject to a slow and painful death, or be forced to read rubbish science fiction.

03-19-2012, 07:04 PM	#353
Penforhire Wizard Posts: 2,230 Karma: 7145404 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern California Device: Kindle Voyage & iPhone 7+	Very few things are true and immutable.

03-20-2012, 02:17 AM	#359
Giggleton Banned Posts: 1,687 Karma: 4368191 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Oregon Device: Kindle3	Well this poll is close enough to 50/50 for me.

03-20-2012, 08:23 AM	#360
Freeshadow temp. out of service Posts: 2,815 Karma: 24285242 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Duisburg (DE) Device: PB 623	But only because you asked about knowledge and meant entertainment. Misleading would be an epic understatement.