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Mad genius, comedian, actor, and freelance voiceover artist broadcasting from the distant shores of Lake Erie (he/him)

Broadview Heights, Ohio
arthur-chu.com
Joined August 2009

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    1. Charlie Stross‏Verified account @cstross 30 Mar 2020

      This whole “ideas landlord” thing: You’re welcome to take my ideas and turn them into novels yourself. Writing is about a lot more than ideas. Ideas are the EASY part. You’re not paying me for ideas. You’re paying me for years of hard work learning how to make them readable.

      53 replies 507 retweets 3,213 likes
    2. kyle‏ @Space__Horse 30 Mar 2020
      Replying to @cstross @pookleblinky

      I'm not paying you for anything. I'm not your employer

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    3. Charlie Stross‏Verified account @cstross 30 Mar 2020
      Replying to @Space__Horse @pookleblinky

      You're not my employer, no: you're a customer. Think groceries, not landlord/client. You want this turnip? Give me six groats. It's that simple.

      1 reply 0 retweets 48 likes
    4. kyle‏ @Space__Horse 30 Mar 2020
      Replying to @cstross @pookleblinky

      wait, you're saying i can download groceries for free?pic.twitter.com/GxMqHzvbDP

      3 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
    5. kyle‏ @Space__Horse 30 Mar 2020
      Replying to @Space__Horse @cstross @pookleblinky

      a turnip or a physical book is a finite resource, it's duplication requires materials and labour which must be paid for. a .pdf file doesn't have these limitations. it can be duplicated infinitely, at a cost immeasurably small. if your business model is obsoleted, get a new one

      6 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    6. Charlie Stross‏Verified account @cstross 30 Mar 2020
      Replying to @Space__Horse @pookleblinky

      News flash: wood pulp and printers are cheap—the cost of a physical book block is around 10% of the retail price of a book. 90% of the costs are in writing, editing, typesetting, proofreading—exactly the same whether the book is a PDF or a lump of paper.

      2 replies 2 retweets 70 likes
    7. kyle‏ @Space__Horse 30 Mar 2020
      Replying to @cstross @pookleblinky

      so you're pretending you don't know the difference between a one time cost (writing and editing it) and the costs of reproducing and distributing physical duplicates?

      3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    8. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 30 Mar 2020
      Replying to @Space__Horse @cstross @pookleblinky

      It's a compensation model meant to spread the payment for that one time cost among the many people who benefit from it Allowing unrestricted access creates a free rider problem where those one time costs never get paid and the product never comes into existence

      2 replies 3 retweets 52 likes
    9. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 30 Mar 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @Space__Horse and

      Having been on the other side of the debate, in hindsight it's very tiresome pretending not to know how this works for the one thing you care about even though it's applies in many, many situations It's the whole "Why do my taxes pay for a road I don't drive on" thing

      1 reply 2 retweets 49 likes
    10. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 30 Mar 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @Space__Horse and

      People love to suggest that musicians stop charging money for records and instead make their money from live shows but by this logic they can't charge for live shows either After all, the cost of a show doesn't change based on how many people are physically in the audience

      1 reply 4 retweets 49 likes
      Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 30 Mar 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @Space__Horse and

      The cost of having the show is already sunk, right, now that they're already performing why shouldn't I be allowed to just sneak in to watch for free, it doesn't take anything from them materially

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        2. ACABeliever‏ @WenSchw 30 Mar 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect @Space__Horse and

          The big difference here is that musicians benefit directly from the show, whereas record companies (and book publishers) gobble up the vast majority of the profits from a record (or book). Shows are also easy to gatekeep. It's easily possible to prevent people from gatecrashing.

          2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. ACABeliever‏ @WenSchw 30 Mar 2020
          Replying to @WenSchw @arthur_affect and

          It's entirely possible to limit the number of people who go to a show, it's not easy to sneak in. It's not possible to prevent people from downloading a PDF of a book or an MP3 of a record. This is why you change your business model instead of futilely trying to stop this.

          2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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