> How do you propose to adjust capitalism's core reliance on scarcity and supply and demand (supply of a digital good is infinite!) There is nothing wrong with

> How do you propose to adjust capitalism's core reliance on scarcity and supply and demand (supply of a digital good is infinite!) There is nothing wrong with capitalism when it comes to scarcity or supply and demand. It just doesn't apply to the supply of digital goods, or any other good which is superabundant (i.e. not inherently scarce). Labor is scarce: the labor of writing new works, and the labor of distributing them. To the extent that there is demand for new works we will find some way to pay for the labor of creating them which doesn't involve undermining capitalism—along with people's natural property rights—in order to impose artificial scarcity. There are various existing, proven models to choose from which have resulted in quality productions in the past, including patronage, crowdfunding, sponsorship, donations, and open source. Each of these has its own strengths and weaknesses and the eventual solution will probably include all of them to some degree along with others we haven't thought of yet.