tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38495605.post9206438873832009479..comments2023-09-07T04:13:08.133-04:00Comments on johndegen.com: we're all right Jack!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38495605.post-66653068883282399762012-02-02T19:51:33.030-05:002012-02-02T19:51:33.030-05:00To the free-culture folk who keep trying to commen...<b>To the free-culture folk who keep trying to comment here with "helpful" suggestions about who to add to my charts:</b><br /><br />Look, I love that you went and tried to find my name on the public compensation list, and believe me, I'm just as disappointed as you are that it wasn't there.<br /><br />The problem I have with your dumb suggestions is that they completely miss the point. I BELIEVE in compensating people for their work, so I'm happy that Geist <i>et al</i> make the salaries they make. It remains a tasty irony that they make that money while suggesting that artists shouldn't make money.<br /><br />Pointing to the (very rare) folks in the cultural sector who make large salaries does not zing me. I'm very happy they make good money - people who respect the rights of others <i>should</i> make good money. I wish as many cultural workers were on the 100K+ compensation list as there are professors. That would be great!<br /><br />So, here's another new rule for commenters:<br /><br />Stop changing the subject, and understand what I've written before you reflexively disagree with it.<br /><br />Thank you and goodnight!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04803855978550653817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38495605.post-89831152723971687832012-02-02T15:33:40.340-05:002012-02-02T15:33:40.340-05:00I tell you, I'm enjoying finding new reasons n...I tell you, I'm enjoying finding new reasons not to allow the comments of the standard free-culture fanboys here on my blog.<br /><br />So, if all you have to offer is a lamely "ironic" repetition of my own words flipped around to sort of try some kind of point that doesn't quite make it... well, you're out of luck. Go comment on Michael Geist's blog. He loves that kind of stuff.<br /><br />Have a great day everyone!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04803855978550653817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38495605.post-56690733902945819162012-02-02T13:36:03.370-05:002012-02-02T13:36:03.370-05:00Sandy,
Actually, I agree about the piling on. I h...Sandy,<br /><br />Actually, I agree about the piling on. I hope to move away from this story as of now. <br /><br />I just want to make sure that no-one is ever fooled by "free" culture again. It's not about business models and price, and it's certainly not about a choice between encouraging or suppressing education as Mr. Katz so offensively suggests.<br /><br />It's about individual rights. Every single person is capable of creating work that will enter the cultural marketplace. Free culture plays fast and loose with everyone's rights.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04803855978550653817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38495605.post-87143673948266718722012-02-02T12:12:12.227-05:002012-02-02T12:12:12.227-05:00If I wasn't in total agreement I might say you...If I wasn't in total agreement I might say you were "piling on." But then football is a great game and these guys attempting an end-run around respect for a principle they have claimed to support: compensation for creators, can take, I feel sure.sandy crawleynoreply@blogger.com