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by fauigerzigerk 1193 days ago
By historical standards, most of what is sold today in developed countries is "surplus". The share of GDP that goes to art and entertainment is not constant as your historical comparison suggests. It is growing and will continue to grow. It will eventually outgrow most other industries.

Wherever you stand on copyrights, it would be a mistake to underestimate the central importance of this issue going forward.
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solarmist 1193 days ago
Yes, we have a lot of things supported by surplus. All research is one example.

I don't think my comment implies that at all. I'm not convinced it'll ever grow that large though. See: Content is not king [1] for a good explanation of why.

I think it's natural that it grows now to levels never seen before.

What am I underestimating? I agree it is an important issue; my comment is orthogonal to it though.

[1] https://firstmonday.org/article/view/833/742

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