This kind of thing is why the "free culture" movement from when I was in college was so utterly unsuccessful at winning over the hearts and minds of the vast majority of working artistshttps://twitter.com/JoshuaYJackson/status/1244269783610265605 …
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Whatever the merits of anti-copyright philosophy in the abstract, if you yourself are a middle-class consumer who is acting out of the selfish desire to torrent games for free, and you treat everyone skeptical of your views as a millionaire parasite, people won't like you
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What's also telling is that people like this know very little about the economics of the industries they're mad at, especially from the POV of the average content creator, and yet speak with incredible sneering confidence about themhttps://twitter.com/JoshuaYJackson/status/1244281460548415488?s=19 …
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I used to be someone like this, and I was convinced I was full of shit largely because of how few people on my side were at all serious about figuring out how to address objections from people pretty damn sure piracy was hurting their livelihoodhttps://twitter.com/JoshuaYJackson/status/1244280369240846336?s=19 …
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Josh Jackson @JoshuaYJacksonReplying to @KnoInternet Archive is not the reason why authors don’t get paid more money. People reading ebooks is not why publishers don’t pay more. Downloading books is not why it’s hard to make a career as an author. The problems of the independent author are not caused by online books. Sorry2 replies 12 retweets 95 likesShow this thread -
Like it's an undeniable fact at this point that money has vanished out of the whole media industry with a giant sucking sound and as a result the industry is massively polarized now between an aristocratic 1% making Marvel movies and a vast majority making literally nothing
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And the idea that putting out a tip jar or selling merch would replace the vast majority of royalty checks that no longer exist - or be even better! Look at Penny Arcade! - has totally flopped
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I'd argue most of the standard merch out there isn't something you'd want to wear publicly whether ugly or too in-jokey discouraging support unintentionally, but also the right artists/designers are hard to find and an expensive gamble to support new IP's with.
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And merch can also be pirated! It's easy and it happens all the time!
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100% forgot about sites like Redbubble nevermind your eBay sellers
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