Comment by ddtaylor
4 years ago
Do you think people will want to create new stories if others can undercut and sell their work for less?
4 years ago
Do you think people will want to create new stories if others can undercut and sell their work for less?
Yes. Definitely. Absolute staggering majority of people writing books don't sell even one copy. And my bet is - they know what are the chances.
EDIT1:
More than that. People don't live of royalties. Publishers do. Can people create without being paid upfront by publishers? Obviously yes. They can be paid upfront in kickstarter-like arrangement. They can be paid via donations later. They can even be paid via "retroactive funding of public goods" [0]. Or they can be never paid - just as they are today.
[0] - https://medium.com/ethereum-optimism/retroactive-public-good...
EDIT2:
Also, imagine how much good could come of long-standing IP properties owned by Disney if not for them sitting on it. Vide disaster that is current management of Star Wars.
Do you know how many stories cannot be published because people sit on the IP? There are unpublished "movies" that only exist to maintain exclusive licensing deals that outright prohibit studios from sitting on the IP, letting the original authors work rot until it is forgotten.
Or we can talk about the mess you get with too many groups involved? Do you know who has the rights to Westwoods Dune? Westwood itself had a limited time license for games based on the movie Dune, which also had a license based on the Dune books. So you would have to deal with three license owners to make a Game involving the Ordos faction. Have fun convincing EA, whoever owns the movie rights and the original authors family that you can make a new game worth their signature on a new licensing agreement (you could probably manage if you have a small country to sell).