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0 pointsGhotiFish10y ago0 comments

I'm paying for creation, that is what is valuable, not content, content is worthless. Content has infinite supply. Creation is what is limited.

This dissonance has been, and (it seems) will always be, the primary stumbling block in the discussion of the information economy.

Why are pirates immoral? Why are they not immoral? Why is DRM immoral? Why is DRM not immoral? Who owns the copyright? what is fair use?

All to do with information. All fighting this central dissonance.

This is why the Patreon model should be advocated when it comes to information. Because as a tool, the market is utterly unfit to operate in this arena.

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JulianMorrison10y ago

Now that's an interesting point.

And it's one reason why I support Basic Income as an idea. I feel like the potential prevalence of creation is huge. But everybody is wasting away their life in "day jobs".

It's interesting to consider in fact, that Patreon is kind of like a one-person basic income.

GhotiFishOP10y ago

Well, day jobs create new content as well, right?

Really I'm not sure basic income enters into this. Patreon is a pretty aggressive arena, only the people that generate public interest get funded, that's not everyone.

copsarebastards10y ago

I hadn't thought about things in this way, that's very interesting. I guess this applies to software too.

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