Z:gnu-www-ja-moglen-harvard-speech-2004--6a69d7-=3Cb=3EQ:=3C/b=3E I'll ask a question./en

Q: I'll ask a question. You talked a lot about distribution and how you think that ought to be free, and I think I see that argument much better than I see the argument about how creators of zero-marginal-cost distribution goods will necessarily be compensated for what they create, and so I've heard a lot of, I don't think these are any of your arguments, but I've heard, OK, well, that the musicians will go on tour, so they'll make it back that way, you know, whatever time they put in. Or people will keep creating whatever it is they create &mdash; and this applies to more than just, you know, movies or music &mdash; it applies to books, or even non-entertainment-style knowledge-type things, there's gotta be, you hear people will still do the same amount of it because they love to do it or are interested to do it, but I don't think that quite compensates for the compensation that many of those creators now receive.