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> No one is obliged to give me money -- unless they consume the content I created. At that point, they are. Umm, no. I don't owe buskers one penny, even if I e
by donutz 11y ago
> No one is obliged to give me money -- unless they consume the content I created. At that point, they are.
Umm, no. I don't owe buskers one penny, even if I enjoy their street performance.
- martypitt 11y agoSorry, I should've been clear: > No one is obliged to give me money -- unless they consume the content I created. Then, it's my call, whatever business model I pick. Buskers are giving their content away for free. You don't have the right to attend their concert, just because you don't like the website they're selling their tickets on.
- jmcmichael 11y ago> ...whatever business model I pick. Would it be a good thing for society to allow you to pick a business model where you blare your music from loud speakers and then pay large burley men 50 cents to collect 1 dollar from anyone within earshot, on the premise that they heard your music so thus owe you?
- bdcravens 11y agoI've never accidentally watched Game of Thrones, or unintentionally been within earshot of it - I had to explicitly choose to include that programming.
- Sir_Substance 11y agoReally? Your social life must be non-existant. I'm not exactly a party animal and I've caught clips of it dozens of times and friends houses.
- bdcravens 11y agoThat's probably a fair assessment, but a bit beside the point: if they were watching it on their television that fails the analogy as the cable company wouldn't be shaking me down for it. As a matter of fact, I have an HBO Go subscription via iTunes and I don't watch the show - I mostly got it for Silicon Valley and some movies, and I wanted to support what I think is a move in the right direction.
- Sir_Substance 11y ago>the cable company wouldn't be shaking me down for it. They would if they could.