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"We already pay for every byte of data that moves across the wire" You're paying for that byte to get from Point A to Point B. You haven't paid for the creatio
by s73v3r 11y ago
"We already pay for every byte of data that moves across the wire"
You're paying for that byte to get from Point A to Point B. You haven't paid for the creation of that byte, though.
"The right answer to the current problem of asymmetry in communication pairings is peer-to-peer content distribution"
Again, that helps with the cost of sending that byte somewhere. It does absolutely nothing for the cost of creating that byte (writing the article, drawing the cartoon, creating the song, etc) in the first place.
"Meanwhile, the right answers to the costs of content creation are universal income and voluntary sponsorship, not DRM, paywalls, and moneyware."
Are they? I mean, why do you feel entitled to read someone's content without paying for it?
- mahranch 11y ago> You're paying for that byte to get from Point A to Point B. You haven't paid for the creation of that byte, though. I don't know why you were downmodded but this is absolutely correct. Just because I bought a car and paid for its gas doesn't mean when I get to the theater, the movie should be free. Better yet, it's like buying a TV then expecting all the stations, including pay-per-view channels to be free. You bought the TV, not the content that gets displayed on the TV. You can watch the free channels but guess what pays for those free channels? Yep, ads. Ads subsidize (pays for) your free content. That content isn't actually free at all, the ad companies paid for it. And they're allowing you to see it in exchange for seeing their ad. > Are they? I mean, why do you feel entitled to read someone's content without paying for it? Amen. Why is everyone suddenly so entitled? Makes my skin crawl to see people so naive about how the world works.
- s73v3r 11y ago"I don't know why you were downmodded but this is absolutely correct." Because nobody likes to talk about actually creating things. They feel like everything should be free, because costs of replication are low.