I agree with seebs and believe he has picked out the two most important points raised by Lars. The first is that people should expect to have control over their intellectual property. That is incontestable. Of course it could range from relinquishing control; 'yes I put my work out there for anyone to do with as they please' to 'those who wish to enjoy my intellectual property must pay'. Then the buyer can decide. The second is as important. Without publicity and promotion unknowns will stay unknown. At the moment publicity and promotion cost money. I'm not sure how that can change. That seems to necessitate the need for a middle man of some kind. Finally, how much should it matter that a person is not particularly articulate. If that person has good points to make the requisite effort should be made by the reader or listener to discern those points from amongst the chaff. It is a rather ugly class of snobbery to dismiss a person's views just because they are not expressed clearly. That is a kind of censorship. Who on the internet supports censorship?
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I agree with seebs and believe he has picked out the two most important points raised by Lars. The first is that people should expect to have control over their intellectual property. That is incontestable. Of course it could range from relinquishing control; 'yes I put my work out there for anyone to do with as they please' to 'those who wish to enjoy my intellectual property must pay'. Then the buyer can decide. The second is as important. Without publicity and promotion unknowns will stay unknown. At the moment publicity and promotion cost money. I'm not sure how that can change. That seems to necessitate the need for a middle man of some kind. Finally, how much should it matter that a person is not particularly articulate. If that person has good points to make the requisite effort should be made by the reader or listener to discern those points from amongst the chaff. It is a rather ugly class of snobbery to dismiss a person's views just because they are not expressed clearly. That is a kind of censorship. Who on the internet supports censorship?