[HN Gopher] Better Than Free (2008)
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       Better Than Free (2008)
        
       Author : Tomte
       Score  : 61 points
       Date   : 2021-08-10 14:33 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
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       | booboofixer wrote:
       | Nitpicking a bit, food for thought for others maybe. Thinking of
       | this mostly from the perspective of artistic works since the
       | author made a reference to those.
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       | > Sooner or later you can find a free copy of whatever you want,
       | but getting a copy delivered to your inbox the moment it is
       | released -- or even better, produced -- by its creators is a
       | generative asset.
       | 
       | This is assuming the process of creation itself isn't being
       | copied. I can imagine a dystopian future where the process and
       | hence, the product are both free and consequently worthless to
       | the creator.
       | 
       | > It is my belief that audiences WANT to pay creators.
       | 
       | Been a student most of my life so far, so i think you need to
       | have money before you can act on the desire to reward others.
       | Also in a dystopian world, if everything is free, who has money?
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       | > When there are millions of books, millions of songs, millions
       | of films, millions of applications, millions of everything
       | requesting our attention -- and most of it free -- being found is
       | valuable.
       | 
       | Agreed but easy to find means more copies exist. Perhaps it is a
       | delicate balance?
       | 
       | Maybe wealth and copies don't go hand in hand as some, including
       | myself, would like to believe.
        
       | reidjs wrote:
       | Definitely holds up. Recently I listened to an artist/content
       | creator complain about how other creators were copying their
       | work. That's the name of the game now, anything easily copy-able
       | does not have much value in the digital age.
        
       | billytetrud wrote:
       | Interesting analysis. I think this is a great manual for how
       | companies should view their value adds, not by gate keeping data,
       | but by providing services that make it easier and better to use
       | that data.
        
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