At least one answer is: Keeping money out of the hands of people who use it to buy laws and destroy our freedoms is a way of fighting the gatekeepers. In the long run, that is definitely good for content creators.
Ever notice how copyright maximalists always think "it's all about piracy" even when it's not? Mike's screed is clearly about "not worth the hassle so I'm dropping out."
I know exactly how he feels.
Movies: With the sole exceptions of "Avengers" (which was recommended by world+dog) and "Cars 2" (which destroyed my faith in Pixar), I haven't been to a movie in the past few years. (Noisy theaters, expensive tickets, snack prices in the Oort Cloud, no subtitles for my progressively deteriorating hearing.) Sooo... netflix for me and my family.
Music: Subscription to sky.fm, DRM-free paid downloads from CD-baby and other legal sites. Don't do it often because I've already got gigs of music.
Books: Pretty much quit buying anything but Baen after the Great Amazon-Publisher War when the publishers jacked prices to the moon and took total control of "their" market, as if they were the only people who mattered. Screw 'em.
Marketing isn't just getting money from customers.
It's helping them be glad they gave it to you.
I insist on paying Baen for books I get free, because they've always treated me as a friend to their enterprise. I'm glad, proud and happy go give them my money, and I go out of my way to make sure they get it.
These days I don't go to movie theaters, rarely buy DVDs, and rarely buy eBooks unless I *know* I'll like them. I'm NOT happy giving my money to people who use the word customer and thief interchangeably.
Ummm. Want to say that to John Scalzi? He did "Fuzzy Nation," which is basically H. Beam Piper-based fanfic. Given his track record, I would say his street cred for "original ability" is pretty rock-solid.
The only way to find good fanfics is either to read them yourself and judge them so, or find a good forum and pay attention to who says what about which work, and keep a track record on their recommendations.
After all, one could argue that Samsung's designs are "fanfic." The only difference being, of course, that Apple can call on the government to suppress "unauthorized derivative works."
Sturgeon's Law pretty much governs ALL fiction anywhere or anywhen. Professional or [sarcastic sneer]fanfic[/sarcastic sneer] doesn't matter. Some of the best stuff I've ever read has been fanfic, along with the usual obeyers of Sturgeon's Law. Same thing applies to professional writing.
I wonder where Ewan keeps the documents for his divorce from reality.
As in "HAD a brand advantage." I'm due for a phone upgrade in about a month, and I'm going to be looking *seriously* at switching to a Samsung, particularly since all my indispensable apps (HanDbase, Stanza, Sky.fm) have Android counterparts.
Otherwise they might have figured out that stomping your customers into the dirt to feed your wallet is a poor business model, and wouldn't be pushing TPP, which is SOPA on H. G. Wells' boomfood.
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At least one answer is: Keeping money out of the hands of people who use it to buy laws and destroy our freedoms is a way of fighting the gatekeepers. In the long run, that is definitely good for content creators.
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I know exactly how he feels.
Movies: With the sole exceptions of "Avengers" (which was recommended by world+dog) and "Cars 2" (which destroyed my faith in Pixar), I haven't been to a movie in the past few years. (Noisy theaters, expensive tickets, snack prices in the Oort Cloud, no subtitles for my progressively deteriorating hearing.) Sooo... netflix for me and my family.
Music: Subscription to sky.fm, DRM-free paid downloads from CD-baby and other legal sites. Don't do it often because I've already got gigs of music.
Books: Pretty much quit buying anything but Baen after the Great Amazon-Publisher War when the publishers jacked prices to the moon and took total control of "their" market, as if they were the only people who mattered. Screw 'em.
Mike's right.
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Marketing isn't just getting money from customers.
I insist on paying Baen for books I get free, because they've always treated me as a friend to their enterprise. I'm glad, proud and happy go give them my money, and I go out of my way to make sure they get it.
These days I don't go to movie theaters, rarely buy DVDs, and rarely buy eBooks unless I *know* I'll like them. I'm NOT happy giving my money to people who use the word customer and thief interchangeably.
Guess which group will win out in the long run?
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You noticed! :)
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If fanfic is derivative, Flint, in his role as overall series editor, does know how to integrate. :)
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Any Parallels to Patents Here?
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I wonder where Ewan keeps the documents for his divorce from reality.
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The key word here is "had".
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Re: Unfortunate that the AC is probably correct
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I doubt the studios have learned their lessons.
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"Well into the lives of their heirs."
Christopher Robin (THE Christopher Robin [Milne]) died in 1996 of OLD AGE. And "Winnie the Pooh" is still in copyright.
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What's German libel law like?
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*singing*
Happy Birthday,
Mongol wisdom you must learn,
First you pillage, then you burn,
Happy Birthday.
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