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
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The creation of the first .pdf file, however, requires the same amount of labour as a printed book... When your analogy is obsoleted, get a new one.
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so it should be paid for once and then all the duplicates are free, dinglebrain
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Replying to @RoseannStudio @gravelbelly22 and
more than one delivery is more than one act of labour. each act of labour is paid for separately a story is written only once. if i acquire a second copy of a book, the author doesn't type it out all over again
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Replying to @RoseannStudio @gravelbelly22 and
i know what royalties are. this entire conversation began with me, specifically, calling it rent seeking. did you forget what conversation you're in? can you point to the labour costs of repeated use of a pdf download link?
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Replying to @RoseannStudio @gravelbelly22 and
"asking for tips"? are you an alien? i mean it would explain a lot, you can't tell the difference between getting paid to do something and getting paid repeatedly because you once did something
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Replying to @Space__Horse @RoseannStudio and
The idea that it's wrong to be "paid repeatedly because you once did something" is the underpinning of many, many collective action problems, likely including the virus outbreak that's brought the world to its knees
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Trump fired the pandemic response unit, after all, because he didn't see the point in paying people who weren't currently doing anything
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