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> Publishers continue to screw content makers, but that's another conversation. Maybe, but part of the reason content creators will keep getting screwed is tha
by AlexandrB 6y ago
> Publishers continue to screw content makers, but that's another conversation.
Maybe, but part of the reason content creators will keep getting screwed is that there’s no way to pay them equitably with $5/mo subscriptions. Prices would have to rise. So it seems that the market alternative to piracy is gross exploitation.
- xnyan 6y agoI'm not saying it's right, in fact I will state the opposite - content creators are getting shafted on royalties - but it's always been this way for music and books and all content. Most content creators got a shitty deal on physical media and continue to get a shitty deal on streaming. I don't accept as a given that my $10 a month subscription that I use to stream as few hours of music can't be fairly split with the publisher and the creator.
- staplers 6y agoThe value of content creation has dramatically declined because the barrier to entry has fallen so low. I find great new artists every week and would never have to listen to the same song twice (if I chose). I can write a song, make a movie, and take photographs all from a pocket computer and publish globally instantly.