|
|
Avocado (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} white_serpent) wrote in charmian, |
on a slight tangent
And also, WTF? Helloooooo there is INDEED A PAYING MARKET FOR M/M WORKS AIMED AT WOMEN, mostly in ebooks.
And, apparently, it can pay pretty well.
"And if I think any of it is worth it I'll be more than happy to steal it off the various pirate comms I am a part of on LJ and many other forums on the internet. :) Seriously, why would I give any ignorant money grabbing lying capitalist any of my hard-earned cash? Especially when they've still got so much to apologise for?"
While this attitude isn't representative of everyone in fandom, it's not entirely uncommon. That's actually the primary issue I have with fandom-- so, people argue that fanfiction is entirely legal, we're law-abiding citizens, etc. That very well may be true, but fandom does tolerate many clearly illegal activities-- e.g., fansubs, distribution of episodes via BitTorrent, complete show transcripts.
I'm not going to claim I'm better than anyone else in that regard, because I've certainly done all three of the things listed above. I will generally buy legal copies of things when they're available, though. Outside of fansubs, I only download shows when the network mistimes them and TiVo cuts off the last 1-2 minutes (FOX has done this a couple of times with House). Generally, I only use transcripts for shows I already own legal copies of-- if I'm looking for the episode with a particular scene, I want something I can search, and legal printed books of transcripts just don't give me that.
I also know that a lot of people in fandom are college students, and I remember very well what it was like to be a college student and have absolutely no money to spend-- so that's a front on which I feel a lot of sympathy. (They'd buy things if they could afford them; they can't.)
Not everyone's in that boat, however. And the fact that there's a lot of tolerance for illegal distribution in fandom seems to support attitudes like those shown in the quote-- we are fandom, so we are ENTITLED to everything being free.
And also, WTF? Helloooooo there is INDEED A PAYING MARKET FOR M/M WORKS AIMED AT WOMEN, mostly in ebooks.
And, apparently, it can pay pretty well.
"And if I think any of it is worth it I'll be more than happy to steal it off the various pirate comms I am a part of on LJ and many other forums on the internet. :) Seriously, why would I give any ignorant money grabbing lying capitalist any of my hard-earned cash? Especially when they've still got so much to apologise for?"
While this attitude isn't representative of everyone in fandom, it's not entirely uncommon. That's actually the primary issue I have with fandom-- so, people argue that fanfiction is entirely legal, we're law-abiding citizens, etc. That very well may be true, but fandom does tolerate many clearly illegal activities-- e.g., fansubs, distribution of episodes via BitTorrent, complete show transcripts.
I'm not going to claim I'm better than anyone else in that regard, because I've certainly done all three of the things listed above. I will generally buy legal copies of things when they're available, though. Outside of fansubs, I only download shows when the network mistimes them and TiVo cuts off the last 1-2 minutes (FOX has done this a couple of times with House). Generally, I only use transcripts for shows I already own legal copies of-- if I'm looking for the episode with a particular scene, I want something I can search, and legal printed books of transcripts just don't give me that.
I also know that a lot of people in fandom are college students, and I remember very well what it was like to be a college student and have absolutely no money to spend-- so that's a front on which I feel a lot of sympathy. (They'd buy things if they could afford them; they can't.)
Not everyone's in that boat, however. And the fact that there's a lot of tolerance for illegal distribution in fandom seems to support attitudes like those shown in the quote-- we are fandom, so we are ENTITLED to everything being free.
Post a comment in response:
