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Re: Code donations for RPGUI initiative

On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Kelly Cookson <KCookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Peter wrote:
Nowadays, the author/inventor/composer can produce, promote and distribute
their product themselves, for very little expense, leaving the
publishers/promoters out in the cold.

I'm not sure how well this works for music or film artists. I've heard arguments that free songs and films on the Internet inspire people to go buy licensed copies or pay to see the performers live. I have yet to see this argument supported by research. Sounds like denial and rationalization to me.


Here's some hard numbers for you Kelly:
http://www.baen.com/library/palaver6.htm

Some more info about the Baen Free Library
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baen_Free_Library

And as anecdotal evidence let me assure you that I've spent
significant dollars buying copyies of books I first read for free in
the library and/or new sequals to the free books.

Charles

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