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In the existing world, creators starve all the time--consider the concept of the "starving artist". There is this meme that somehow not having copyright immedi

In the existing world, creators starve all the time--consider the concept of the "starving artist". There is this meme that somehow not having copyright immediately implies no possible monetization strategy, and it needs to die.

api 12y ago
There are other monetization strategies. A popular one is to offer something for free and then use it to conduct mass surveillance and sell your customers to advertisers and governments.
- angersock 12y ago
  Or the Patreon model, where people can be patrons of an artist whose work they appreciate!
  - chc 12y ago
    Patreon is tantamount to panhandling. It's not much of a business model.
    - angersock 12y ago
      You know, a lot of the best artists of the Renaissance did pretty well "panhandling".