> What would happen if creators couldn’t charge for their creations? The same as if you couldn’t charge for lines of computer code: there’d be less of it.
Would there? Really? Like, are we absolutely sure there would be less of it? Are we also ruling out the possibility that someone would pay you to produce specific lines of code or just that once you produce code, you can't sell it?
It used to commonly be the case that you got paid to make music for someone. Now you make the music and then try to sell it to people.
It just seems like there is an implicit assumption that the marketplace model is the best way to encourage the creation of all things.
Would there? Really? Like, are we absolutely sure there would be less of it? Are we also ruling out the possibility that someone would pay you to produce specific lines of code or just that once you produce code, you can't sell it?
It used to commonly be the case that you got paid to make music for someone. Now you make the music and then try to sell it to people.
It just seems like there is an implicit assumption that the marketplace model is the best way to encourage the creation of all things.