Interesting Links for 29-08-2012

[andrewducker]

• Tarantula found in Glasgow street (That's me crossing Glasgow off my list of places to visit)
  (tags: glasgow spiders )
• On the Persistence of Climate Change
  (tags: globalwarming thefuture )
• I hadn't realised that anthology publishing had now moved in a Kickstarter direction.
  (tags: books kickstarter publishing scifi )
• How Norway avoided

Comments

[gonzo21]

Ye gods, an artist giving away all of his material for free? That pretty much shags every other manga artist struggling to make a living, publishers will flock to the free stuff, and it will drive the value of every other manga artist down towards zero.

[andrewducker]

There's plenty of free stuff out there already that's covered by Creative Commons licenses. This particular artist just happens to be successful already. If Stephen King made all of his work available free that would put Neal Stephenson out of business.

[gonzo21]

Yeah. I'm just very twitchy about artists giving stuff away for free, because, much like everything else, the internet continues to drive the value of everything down towards zero.

[andrewducker]

They're only giving away the right to adapt the work. You can't reprint it for free, and if you wanted to produce a spin-off you'd have to pay someone to write it/draw it, unless you could persuade them to spend their time for free.

[danieldwilliam]

If the post-creation payment copyright model is as broken as it appears to be in the digital age then presumably at some point holders of copyright run out of money whilst those who are skilled at creating content and getting paid for it in other ways, and who would like the law changed to help their business model, start being able to lobby for what they want.

[andrewducker]

Well, that's where Creative Common stuff comes in. I love that more things are moving in this direction.

[danieldwilliam]

We’ll know things are on the change when the Pirate Party are getting more in campaign contributions than Disney hand out.