Obviously, we want people compensated for their work.
And just as obviously, we want to end shipping dead trees across the world. It's simple now to have all the world's lit instantly available. As public goods. (If you want paper, go to the local printer.) If you want to learn a topic, you could skim all relevant books, picking out the most helpful explanations from each.
All the best,
Tj
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> On Sep 11, 2012, at 12:43 AM, Bill Bartlett <billbartlett at aapt.net.au> wrote:
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>> Perhaps the problem is the writers who expect to get paid for their stuff,
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> Imagine that!
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> No one would seriously suggest that carpenters or nurses shouldn't get paid. But it's ok when it comes to writers and artists? Fuck that noise.
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> Doug
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