It's the same way in film. That's why I gave "Sita" to the audience.
However, labels/publishers/distributors/middlemen can be of huge service IF YOU DON'T GRANT THEM MONOPOLIES.
It's not that an artist can do it all by themselves. It's that the audience can now do what in the past only publishers could do. Everyone with a computer today has the equivalent of a printing press, record factory, and film lab. Within the audience some folks are very, very good at distribution and promotion, and they rightly offer their services - as "middlemen" - professionally.
I have not yet been willing to debase myself by using the acronym "LOL," but if I did, this is where I'd put it. I did in fact laugh out loud reading the above.
"Give it away and pray" is not really a good business model.
No, but that doesn't mean it's a bad idea, for an artist. Art is more than just business. I may write something more in depth about this, because this phrase keeps coming up.
I can't speak to "expensive", but "archival" works benefit greatly from being free licensed, allowing everyone to archive them. Proprietary films are disintegrating in cans because copyright prohibits any potential archivists and restorers from sharing them. Especially as digital formats change rapidly, open licenses encourage free, decentralized, and continuous format updating at no cost to the author.
My work is sometimes long-form, and often infrequent, and is doing much better under copyleft than copyright.
It's called First Mover Advantage. No copyright needed.
And it's happening right now, with my new CC-BY-SA short Copying Is Not Theft. Released 2 days ago, freely shared, fanbase (and enemy-base) growing nicely. Everyone knows who the author is BECAUSE it's being freely shared. Copyleft protects authorship better than monopoly can, ensuring any saleable products the author endorses have added value.
In the age of the Internet, the time a work needs to establish authorship is very, very short.
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Slavery is a good metaphor
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Jefferson
Actually he may have had that in mind, which is why he was dubious about such a system from the beginning.
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However, labels/publishers/distributors/middlemen can be of huge service IF YOU DON'T GRANT THEM MONOPOLIES.
It's not that an artist can do it all by themselves. It's that the audience can now do what in the past only publishers could do. Everyone with a computer today has the equivalent of a printing press, record factory, and film lab. Within the audience some folks are very, very good at distribution and promotion, and they rightly offer their services - as "middlemen" - professionally.
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All Censor Together Agreement
On the post: Content Creation Is An Evolutionary Process
All Creative Work is Derivative
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Copier n'est pas Voler
This is possibly the best soundtrack for the video yet made. And it's French!
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No, but that doesn't mean it's a bad idea, for an artist. Art is more than just business. I may write something more in depth about this, because this phrase keeps coming up.
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Re: Free Software vs Freeware
Gratis does not mean Libre!
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Re: Please Google...
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You Always Hurt The Ones You Love
Because if you can't attack your fans, who can you attack? No one else would stand for it.
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On the post: Is It Really Such A Problem If People Sell Your Works? Or Is It Just Free Market Research?
archival
My work is sometimes long-form, and often infrequent, and is doing much better under copyleft than copyright.
On the post: Is It Really Such A Problem If People Sell Your Works? Or Is It Just Free Market Research?
Re: Yay!
And it's happening right now, with my new CC-BY-SA short Copying Is Not Theft. Released 2 days ago, freely shared, fanbase (and enemy-base) growing nicely. Everyone knows who the author is BECAUSE it's being freely shared. Copyleft protects authorship better than monopoly can, ensuring any saleable products the author endorses have added value.
In the age of the Internet, the time a work needs to establish authorship is very, very short.
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