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25 sats \ 4 replies \ @ek 6 Dec \ parent \ on: Music Has No Economic Value; Convince Me Otherwise (TDE, Joakim Book) BooksAndArticles
You sure you want to call it a donation when I buy a ticket so I can see an artist perform live and have a great experience?
Sorry but that argument is so weak, I’m not sure you’re arguing in good faith.
That’s a very narrow view. Not all content is created equally. People pay to get access to content from some writers. Just because the vast majority of people write for free, doesn’t mean all content is free. It’s clearly not.
I pointed out that this is just changing the definitions of the words being used.
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I explicitly use the concert example in the article. You're welcome to read it, sir.
A concert, unlike infinitely replicable digital files, has plenty of scarcity -- which is why Taylor etc can charge tons for them.
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Do I need to read the article to point out that replying with
yes, it's called donations
to
I’ve gone to concerts and paid using dollars
doesn't make sense? But I see, I think you only wanted to reply to the first part:
I bought music using dollars
I still don't agree with you but it at least makes more sense now
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Yea, the dude said he's bought "music using dollars". And then in later sentence he mentioned concert.
So that's what I was replying to.
Concerts are scarce economic goods (well, services). No argument there. But that's not what I'm talking about
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