Comments on: Episode 0031: Free Content vs. Paying the Creator

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To Free or Not to Free…That is the Question | allisondduncan.com — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:54:39 +0000

[...] But lately, Free seems to be going out of style. I’d point to J.C. Hutchins post as just one example of someone who made good using Free Content but has become disenchanted. Kris Johnson and Chris Miller5 of TheSecretLair.com also compiled a lot of opinions that began shooting through the podosphere in this Free Content vs. Paying the Creator Episode. [...]

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:53:45 +0000

Hmm… I had a bunch of notes to comment on this show. It seems I wrote those up then forgot to comment. If I still have them I’ll be back.

That was a great show gentlemen… I mean your Evil Overlordships.

While I’m trying to remember what I wanted to say I thought I’d leave this link here. It’s Scott Sigler talking about his view of the future of media and he brings up free distribution among other interesting ideas:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/scottsigler/Keynote_speech_on_The_Future_of_Content_Delivery.mp3

Carry on.

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Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:32:11 +0000

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By: Scott Roche

Scott Roche — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:03:43 +0000

Great podcast guys! I’ve been in the process over the last few weeks of a) figuring out who I want to stop leeching off of and pay and b) figuring out how to get some money for what I put out.

You’re absolutely right that podcasting shouldn’t be the only tool. If it is then you start to think that everything should be podcasted and it shouldn’t. And even if it is that doesn’t mean that that’s the only format you can put it out in.

By: Richard Green aka Mainframe

Richard Green aka Mainframe — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:48:02 +0000

EXCELLENT discussion!! I’m one of those consumers of podcast fiction that 1) bought several books from podcast authors 2) has donated on podiobooks.com a few times 3) has a small monthly donation set up for Decoder Ring Theatre & 4) freeloads a lot of other podcast fiction. I try to be a good fan and plug podcast fiction I enjoy. I’ve given feedback, at least on Twitter, for almost all of the podiobooks I’ve listened to. I still don’t think I’ve done enough, but if all podiobooks fans were like me I’m sure more of them could quit their other day jobs. This year, my plan is to do more.

I’ve bought a few copies of J.C.’s books & made a small donation on podiobooks. As one of those fans who have put up some cash, my word for him is – to do in his career whatever he feels is best. First off, he is the one who has to live his life, and I hope he is fulfilled in the choices he makes. Second, I hope very much to be able to enjoy his work in the future & he does not “owe” me any additional free work. Anything he chooses to do for free, I’ll appreciate, but I certainly don’t have a “right” to any more freebies from Hutch.

And I feel the same about the rest of the podiobook authors I am a fan of. I’ll send money when I can, but events during this first quarter of 2010 have highlighted for me that I feel that I need to do a bit more to help promote this media, if I’m going to continue to enjoy “free to me” podcast fiction.

Oh and to anyone out there who may read this who is, has, or is going to put free content out there on the internet for people like me to enjoy – Thanks so very much!

I really appreciate your comments on the podcast. You guys rock

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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:41:06 +0000

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By: JJ

JJ — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:21:08 +0000

I may have missed it, but I didn’t hear anybody talk about philanthropic reasons for producing free content. Yes, even these sorts of operations need to be funded in some way, but maybe it’s not a big deal because the creative output is intended to be free from the beginning, no strings attached.

The idea of producing free content has been on my mind for a while now, and I really appreciated all the points of view presented in the podcast. What I got out of the discussion was “wait and see” and “do what you think is best for you to do”.

Thanks for the good food for thought Thomas, Matthew, Chris & KJ.