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> - Use it as a loss-leader to go on "talks" tours (like musicians) Copyright is a mess and its mere existence pisses me off sometimes, but it sounds even wors
by NegativeK 2y ago
> - Use it as a loss-leader to go on "talks" tours (like musicians)
Copyright is a mess and its mere existence pisses me off sometimes, but it sounds even worse to expect someone to be so unable to make money from their work that they have to use it as an ad for doing _more_ work.
I fully support authors who want to do that, but I also support authors who don't.
- loughnane 2y agoA lot of things are like that though. People in all sorts trades do work to build a following without getting paid. Of course its better to get paid from the jump, but people aren’t often eager to pay for the creative output of an unknown. Once they have the following then they have a good shot and making some money, maybe even a living. I’m not saying one is morally right, but in a world where content can be infinitely duplicated it’s tough to see how margin per unit will hold.