Re:US indictments of piracy group members throw top-tier pir...
by f00zz on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @04:37PM
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I prefer to pay once for the finished product, as opposed to paying regularly through something like Patreon. Maybe I'm cheap.
Also, in the case of literature I'm not paying just the author. Editors and proofreaders make all the difference:
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2013/03/why-i-do...
Re:US indictments of piracy group members throw top-tier pir...
by viraptor on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @04:27PM
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The fun thing is that's pretty much how the classical composers worked in the past, just with a single/few rich patrons per artist rather than a number of people chipping in.
Re:US indictments of piracy group members throw top-tier pir...
by LexGray on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @10:28PM
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If the stated goal is that artists only deserve what I want to pay and there is too much graft and payment friction with conglomerates shouldn’t an ethical fan/pirate site always link to the artists Patreon?
Indeed, and we should support those who create the works we enjoy, but consider that the model of buying individual works from a publisher is rooted in the obsolete requirement to create a physical good upon which the work is distributed.
Given that we now live in an age where the cost of distribution is effectively $0, perhaps we need to find a new model for compensating creative works.
Personally, I'm a big fan of things like Patreon, which let me support people who's work I enjoy more-or-less directly and allows creators to keep their creations free for all to enjoy.