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Originally Posted by Tomkat
A better example might be newspaper sales. The news is available for free online, yet newspaper sales (as far as I'm aware!) haven't dropped significantly.
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They've dropped significantly in the US. Newspaper circulation (daily) peaked in 1984 and has been declining ever since (down nearly 20%). I don't know if that's all due to the internet, but it's probably true in my case.
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Originally Posted by Dante Hicks
I don't see why I (or anyone) should have expectations of being paid simply because a lot (or a little) effort is put into something.
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I doubt most people have such expectations. People pay for value, not for effort. If I spend 10 years writing a book and no one reads it, then fair enough--it's me that's out the 10 years. However, if and to the extent that people
do read it then I might expect some compensation--not for my effort but for the value (entertainment, knowledge,
etc) they derive from it.
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