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 Building on our discussion in class today about how the rules about sharing affect the production of information, it seems to me that the focus on incentives is misplaced. I think an initial focus on incentives might be helpful for free culture advocates because of the emphasis the conventional narrative places on incentives. The conventional claim ranged against most efforts to increase sharing is that sharing reduces production because it reduces individual incentives. It's helpful to take apart that narrative by testing it against facts.

But it seems to me that the key variable is finance, not incentives. To take the example of a person writing a book, that person may be 100% motivated, and may need no financial enticement as an incentive. However, without an ability to finance research travel and living expenses during the long period of time it takes to write a good back, that book will not be produced. So, from a production perspective, the issue is finance, not motivation.


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