> 4. What if someone publishes a book with all your content and makes a million dollars off it? I hope they at least give me credit. And my deepest desire is that they give some of that money to a good cause.
I don't believe him, and even if he thinks this way, he is the minority. Do you know the story about the bum who killed himself after seeing someone getting rich and famous from the song HE was playing in the streets? (my way)
It may seem like a strange motivation to you, but sometimes people say things because they want people to hear them, make things because they want people to look at them and use them, and write things because they want people to read them.
Not everyone desires to be rich or make loads of crash on their works. Not every desires attribution for works they make, either. For people consuming content, kill your idols.
> Do you know the story about the bum who killed himself after seeing someone getting rich and famous from the song HE was playing in the streets? (my way)
I don't know this story, but issues around homelessness includes (lack of) visibility of the work homeless folks produce, so it wouldn't surprise me if such a story existed. Also, please don't call homeless people bums, it is really insulting.
>Do you know the story about the bum who killed himself after seeing someone getting rich and famous from the song HE was playing in the streets? (my way)
I can't find any source but my guitar teacher used to tell me that there was a backstory about this music. It was originally played by a homeless guy in the street, some guy heard it, did it his way, became famous. The homeless guy hears that on radio one day and kills himself.
The guy in question is not destitute, if he were broke, he would probably care a lot more about people reselling his work or making money off his labors without recompense.
You are probably right that no one likes to see their work dragged through the mud, or have someone else get credit for it, or whatever the situation may be, but he is clearly stating he will take the good with the bad, because it is all worth it.
Do you really believe a publishing company is going to put money down to print a million dollars in profit worth of books based on free content?
If someone can make a million dollars off of something that is essentially free, that person must be adding something significant in value, otherwise economics just doesn't work that way. Does it?
In that kind of case, I think the ability to market the thing probably ends up being more valuable than the thing itself. There are probably hundreds of other songs or books that would be big winners if they had that kind of marketing skill behind them, but will remain obscure and worthless (at least in terms of income) due to a lack thereof. I think the person that makes a million dollars off of something like that would probably make a million dollars off of nearly anything that isn't terrible.
I believe Leo. If it actually happened though, I bet Leo would ask himself why if someone else made a million dollars off the material, why didn't he? In other words, what did the other guy do that Leo failed to do?
> 4. What if someone publishes a book with all your content and makes a million dollars off it? I hope they at least give me credit. And my deepest desire is that they give some of that money to a good cause.
I don't believe him, and even if he thinks this way, he is the minority. Do you know the story about the bum who killed himself after seeing someone getting rich and famous from the song HE was playing in the streets? (my way)