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>"If you don't care enough about writing the book, just don't write it. Someone who cares (is internally motivated) enough, will write it or pay you to write it
by jacoblyles 17y ago
>"If you don't care enough about writing the book, just don't write it. Someone who cares (is internally motivated) enough, will write it or pay you to write it for them (external motivation). We don't necessarily need legislation to create an extra, artificial external motivation for artists, authors, etc. Writers will write, artists will express themselves, and the world will benefit with or without copyrights."
Meanwhile, the most popular pirated materials are movies that big studios spent hundreds of millions of dollars to make, in hopes of earning a profit.
Pirates are leeches that kill their hosts.
- illumen 17y agoMarketing budget. Most of the money spent is on the marketing. Surprised that all that marketing and advertising money worked? Many good films never get seen because of low marketing budgets - and are even not allowed good distribution. These businesses with offices disguising themselves as 'studios' are the leeches.
- jacoblyles 17y agoAnd those are the films that pirates want to see. To pretend that they are sticking up for the little guy is to deliberately close our eyes to reality.