Weird that you blame "capitalism" for an unnatural right to imaginary property invented by the government.
Free markets only work when all participants have the same information and transactions happen as expected/negotiated. If the authors knew that the publisher wouldn't pay them, they either wouldn't have written it or would have gone with a publisher they knew would pay. Since faceless corporations behave like in the article, which is exactly the opposite of market behavior, government is needed to help enforce.
Capitalism is a good tool, nothing more. (Score:5, Insightful)
The end result of unfettered capitalism is wealthy organisations eating everything and everyone else.
The power of wealth must be reigned in.
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Weird that you blame "capitalism" for an unnatural right to imaginary property invented by the government.
Re:Capitalism is a good tool, nothing more. (Score:3)
Weird that you blame "capitalism" for an unnatural right to imaginary property invented by the government.
Free markets only work when all participants have the same information and transactions happen as expected/negotiated. If the authors knew that the publisher wouldn't pay them, they either wouldn't have written it or would have gone with a publisher they knew would pay. Since faceless corporations behave like in the article, which is exactly the opposite of market behavior, government is needed to help enforce.