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"Appropriate" reward would be the reward the market decides you get, not what you hope for.
by omarchowdhury 15y ago
"Appropriate" reward would be the reward the market decides you get, not what you hope for.
- fabrizioschiavi 15y agoI seen. Pragmata is a "bestseller" in piracy market...
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- luser001 15y agoDon't mind the haters here. Good luck to you!
- luser001 15y agoOK, I'll bite. In this instance, how is the "market" not deciding what he gets?
- achompas 15y agoYou can't just hand-wave away market inefficiencies here. The man's fonts are being pirated--does that mean they have an intrinsic value of $0?
- omarchowdhury 15y agoNo, it means people are not willing to pay for it.
- gurkendoktor 15y agoSorry for being anecdotal, but I've often seen people buy something after failing to pirate it. But whether somebody has uploaded a font for illegal downloading or not should not be able change its fair market value IMHO. In reality it does, and that is why the market's reaction may be just as unfair as up-front payments. (And I think your initial reply was related to fairness, correct me if I'm wrong.)
- achompas 15y agoSo he's trying to sell his font for a certain price to recoup some of those lost sales. We'll see whether the market responds. What's wrong with that?
- peteforde 15y agoThat's pretty black and white. Indie music can always fall back on giving away tunes to support a touring and merchandising play, but someone that puts years into a font only to see it pirated isn't exactly given the opportunity to rent a tour bus. I think that if he can make it work, he deserves our encouragement.