You know who peddles false hope to naive would-be artists? People who go around implying that but for all those internet pirates, there’d be full creative employment for all of us. That the reason artists earn so little is because our audiences can’t be trusted, that once we get this pesky internet thing solved, there’ll be jam tomorrow for everyone.
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Cory Doctorow, “The real cost of free”, The Guardian Technology Blog, 5 October 2010
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/oct/05/free-online-content-cory-doctorow
