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Re:Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publis... by throwthrowuknow on Saturday June 22, 2024 @07:50AM (#40758346)
How would you determine if someone qualifies as an author deserving full salary? Can I become an author by simply meeting a word count quota? What prevents a large portion of the population from quitting their jobs and becoming authors instead?
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Re:Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publis... by geysersam on Saturday June 22, 2024 @08:57AM (#40758817)
You could have some kind of peer review process, or base it on popularity, or some other system.

I'm not saying it's a solved question, I'm just saying it wouldn't be that expensive relative to other public expenditure.

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Re:Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publis... by joquarky on Saturday June 22, 2024 @11:44AM (#40759866)
My understanding is that most bands make more on merch than the actual distribution of their music, because fans always want more and are willing to pay them directly to encourage more works.

There has to be a better way than the model we have now where everything is so tightly controlled.

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