March 21, 2004
free content
I have no trouble with the concept of free content. And Larry Lessig doesn’t, either.
I found out more about what Joi said about me (me! it’s all about me!) yesterday at that conference.
Basically, he used me as an example as a ‘creator’ (i.e. cartoonist) who uses his cartoons not as a way of making money directly, but uses them indirectly to interact with people, in the knowledge that such interaction will most likely lead to other opportunities down the road.
Yep. That’s pretty much it in a nutshell.
’Free content’ works, simply because it allows one access to people and social networks who wouldn’t be interested if one had “pay me first” tattoooed on their forehead.
And perhaps that access is more valuable long-term than any crappy little publishing advance.
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Agreed. 100%.