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It truly is complicated. If only there were some kind of service, to whom one would pay a service fee perhaps, and who in return could promote your work, then
by jessedhillon 12y ago
It truly is complicated.
If only there were some kind of service, to whom one would pay a service fee perhaps, and who in return could promote your work, then collect and aggregate small, recurring payments from international payers while properly computing the tax liability.
Some kind of intermediary which enabled people to patronize artists, such that millions of artists around the world can simply pick up a check and focus on their work.
- Kalium 12y agoSounds like you have a new yc startup on your hands.
- TillE 12y agoHeh. Seriously, this is (at least for me, and presumably for every other tiny indie developer) one of the huge attractions of storefronts like Steam and the iOS App Store: I'll just give you a license to sell my works, and you send me the royalties. I'll gladly give them a 30% cut to avoid all that bullshit. Incidentally, the Google Play store does not do this. Each developer is the merchant of record. I can only imagine that nearly every smaller business selling through Google has neglected to pay at least some sales taxes that they owe.
- cannam 12y agoI think Google just changed that, in order to handle this new regulation?