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And Here's One More Thing:
May. 4th, 2010 10:08 pmThough I agree with every Remix/Gift Culture example on this list (http://bookshop.dreamwidth.org/999259.html), what I continue to dislike is the very clear implication that not only A) as a published author, I must think I'm morally "better" than fanfic authors, but also B) because they don't receive da filthy lucre for making/distributing their fiction, they must all be somehow morally "better" than me. Either/or, once again!
The idea that I work for Big Evil Corp is very, very funny, in context; not to crap on CZP in any way, shape or form, but we're just a small bunch of people, many with day-jobs, working out of our homes. We are literally doing what we do for the love of it--classic amateurs. The money we ask for in return goes almost completely back into product and shipping. This may change in the future, but right now? We're pretty much basically making "fanworks" ourselves. It's just that the ones we make are palpable, the fandom in question is Dark Literature, and each author holds clear copyright over their creation.
Today, I was actually able to pay a bill with money I made while generating original content for (Tiny, Not-So-) Evil Corp. And yes, that made me feel like a genuine professional, because, uh...getting paid for my work is the primary thing which makes me a professional, in the strictest sense of the word. Which, in turn, means something to me. Now, all you who proudly live by the Remix/Gift Culture recycling and barter system standard may feel free to think that's ridiculous--but from my POV, now the bill is paid. And I'm fairly frickin' happy with that exchange, thank you, in my own pathetic little wage-slave way.
The idea that I work for Big Evil Corp is very, very funny, in context; not to crap on CZP in any way, shape or form, but we're just a small bunch of people, many with day-jobs, working out of our homes. We are literally doing what we do for the love of it--classic amateurs. The money we ask for in return goes almost completely back into product and shipping. This may change in the future, but right now? We're pretty much basically making "fanworks" ourselves. It's just that the ones we make are palpable, the fandom in question is Dark Literature, and each author holds clear copyright over their creation.
Today, I was actually able to pay a bill with money I made while generating original content for (Tiny, Not-So-) Evil Corp. And yes, that made me feel like a genuine professional, because, uh...getting paid for my work is the primary thing which makes me a professional, in the strictest sense of the word. Which, in turn, means something to me. Now, all you who proudly live by the Remix/Gift Culture recycling and barter system standard may feel free to think that's ridiculous--but from my POV, now the bill is paid. And I'm fairly frickin' happy with that exchange, thank you, in my own pathetic little wage-slave way.
