If a mechanic installs a lock on your door, do you pay him a small fee every time you use it? If a plumber installs a sink in your home do you pay him a small fee every time you use it? As far as I'm concerned if a musician wants to make money they should get paid when they are producing the sounds from their instruments, say at a concert. If an actor wants to make money acting they should get paid when they act, say at a theater. The only exception is if someone is making money on your creation, then they should pay you royalties. For example a movie at the theatre. They are making money showing the film and therefore should pay the creators of the movie for the right to do this. In the old days this was enough. Once you put your content online or through the airwaves it's fair game as long as it's for personal consumption. This is fair.
How would this model work for self-distribution?
Say you’re a small time developer of software - under $100,000 per year. You can support your family well enough, once you pay taxes and your other overhead. You take home about $55k. Under the proposed model, as long as people sharing the software around are doing so for “personal consumption” it’s “fair?”
How does the independent developer/distributor avoid selling his soul and his product to some jew megacorporation in order to retain sequel/version control? Or are they just shit outta luck?
Good point. Software seems to be another issue all together and wouldn't work the same as music or visual entertainment.
After thinking about it I would say develop the software so you can't share it or make it extremely difficult to do so (like corel draw) and at the same time offer it at a reasonable price (unlike corel draw)and offer perks to buy it from a legitimate source. Then most people would rather just pay for it an you'll still make money.
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