I agree, but I was referring to Medium's business model (because of the OP's comment) - get people to write your content for free, and then make money off it. I

I agree, but I was referring to Medium's business model (because of the OP's comment) - get people to write your content for free, and then make money off it. It's frustrating that they block distribution of your content to increase their own revenues. It's a completely different use case to BBC, the Guardian, NYT, etc, who pay people good salaries to write their stories.