https://authorkristenlamb.com/2016/02/a-culture-addicted-to-free-how-free-is-poisoning-the-internet-killing-the-creatives/ Author, Blogger, Social Media Jedi Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:06:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 https://authorkristenlamb.com/2016/02/a-culture-addicted-to-free-how-free-is-poisoning-the-internet-killing-the-creatives/#comment-114286 Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:06:05 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=18899#comment-114286 […] favorite post is probably this one, talking about how content providers (authors, singers, artists, performers) actually do de… for the services they […]

]]> https://authorkristenlamb.com/2016/02/a-culture-addicted-to-free-how-free-is-poisoning-the-internet-killing-the-creatives/#comment-109326 Sat, 13 Apr 2019 18:08:16 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=18899#comment-109326 […] Image courtesy of Author Kristen Lamb […]

]]> https://authorkristenlamb.com/2016/02/a-culture-addicted-to-free-how-free-is-poisoning-the-internet-killing-the-creatives/#comment-83075 Tue, 10 Oct 2017 22:48:52 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=18899#comment-83075 […] this is more and more common. I blogged last year about Revolva and how Oprah’s conference paid in exposure dollars while not even offering so much as parking money for the performers. Exposure is impacting a lot of […]

]]> https://authorkristenlamb.com/2016/02/a-culture-addicted-to-free-how-free-is-poisoning-the-internet-killing-the-creatives/#comment-64692 Fri, 10 Feb 2017 16:30:17 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=18899#comment-64692 […] I’ve been following Kristen Lamb ‘s blog for a while now, and she always has something interesting to say about writing and publishing. She is not afraid to say that writers should be paid, for example, and then to write about the ensuing storm of comments. That is not a discussion for today, but if you want to read more, it’s here. […]

]]> https://authorkristenlamb.com/2016/02/a-culture-addicted-to-free-how-free-is-poisoning-the-internet-killing-the-creatives/#comment-64691 Thu, 15 Sep 2016 02:14:47 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=18899#comment-64691 […] I titled this post The Bondage of Free for one main reason. If artists are unable to support themselves in these times, there is no system of wealthy patrons to take over their entire financial life and leave them free to make art, then art will crumble, and fast. Artists will give up and go back to flipping burgers or their day job, just because writing, or any art, cannot put food on the table when Exposure is free, and the big names already making money see themselves as doing the nameless ones a favor by gifting us this Exposure.  Huge thanks to Revolva for speaking out.  We are capable of making our own Exposure thanks to the Internet. To quote Kristen Lamb, whose original post inspired this, “FREE is an excellent servant, but a lousy master.” And we are a culture rapidly becoming addicted to it. […]

]]> https://authorkristenlamb.com/2016/02/a-culture-addicted-to-free-how-free-is-poisoning-the-internet-killing-the-creatives/#comment-64690 Sun, 07 Aug 2016 06:50:14 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=18899#comment-64690 The only free content people get from me (I’m a writer, but not an established one yet) is on my blog. 100% of my novels, 99% of my short stories, and half the poetry I write will never be available for free. I love free content (it’s just human nature), but I will say, I don’t value it like content I actually have to pay for. I do think self-publishing is a good thing because some authors might never get their books published otherwise, but I would always encourage them to be professionally edited by a reputable service. However, if you’re a starving artist, that’s a challenge. I am definitely against blogging your book…ever.

]]> https://authorkristenlamb.com/2016/02/a-culture-addicted-to-free-how-free-is-poisoning-the-internet-killing-the-creatives/#comment-64689 Sun, 07 Aug 2016 06:47:09 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=18899#comment-64689 Reblogged this on Sarah Lea Stories.

]]> https://authorkristenlamb.com/2016/02/a-culture-addicted-to-free-how-free-is-poisoning-the-internet-killing-the-creatives/#comment-64688 Sat, 07 May 2016 12:39:05 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=18899#comment-64688 That woman has bugged me for the longest time
I never would of believe that she would get that down and dirty
Great post excellent work
Ps free is never free
The Sheldon Perspective

]]> https://authorkristenlamb.com/2016/02/a-culture-addicted-to-free-how-free-is-poisoning-the-internet-killing-the-creatives/#comment-64687 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 14:55:48 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=18899#comment-64687 […] I read Kristen Lamb’s “A Culture Addicted to FREE — How FREE is Poisoning the Internet & Killing the Creatives.” […]

]]> https://authorkristenlamb.com/2016/02/a-culture-addicted-to-free-how-free-is-poisoning-the-internet-killing-the-creatives/#comment-64686 Tue, 01 Mar 2016 00:03:38 +0000 https://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=18899#comment-64686 […] Lamb has discussed the danger to the creative arts of audiences expecting art to be free. The New York Times published an opinion column where Tim […]

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