"For example, if it was Corbett's newish book, he isn't offering that for free, but if it gets put on Archive, that's not ok. Right?"
I don't think James would actually mind too much. He is an agorist/anarchist and doesn't really believe in copyright.
I don't have any issues with working with Civl AND THEM choosing to put content behind a paywall - thats their business model. But the vast majority of my content -literally 99% are available for free. Currently, the only thing behind a pay wall is the 10 week opt out challenge and thats basically the same info from my book. Or the other FREE challenges I've done, like this one: https://theconsciousresistance.com/exb
I do absolutely distinguish between a mega corporation like CNN and someone like me or James. If people want my work for free, want to take it and reupload it and slice it up and share it - great! It doesn't harm me.
I also download books for free using Archive.org and Z-Library etc. If I have a chance to donate to an author directly, I do.
Same thing with musicians. I buy their music directly when I can (on bandcamp, for example) or buy their merch, but I dont think twice about listening for free.
"One can't have it both ways, one can't steal from authors, but then get upset when people take his/her work without permission and/or he/she can't get upset when people complain about paywalls."
To be clear, I am not upset if anyone takes my work because all of my work is available for free. The content I produce for Civl is owned by them, not me, so its up to them what to do with it. But as I said above, people can take any and all of my work and use it how they like. I Want it to go wide as possible to reach as many people as possible.
" If an author/artist did not give consent for his/her work to be on these sites (regardless whether or not one believes in copyright) and it is on the sites, it is a violation of this. At least, in my view it is."
This is a debate within voluntaryism. As mentioned before, James, myself, and Samuel E. Konkin III (our inspiration) do not/did not believe in intellectual property. That means we dont support copyright laws or ip laws.
But, yes, there are differing arguments on this point.
In terms of Civl, right now its the 10 week challenge. In the future there might be short films or other course type material exclusive to their platform. I always have final decision on what that content is so if there was something I thought was truly life changing or journalistic information people must know, it would not be on Civl. It will on the usual places.
With that said, I can tell you that working with Civl is allowing me to make the most money I've made as an independent journalist in 16 years. And that's not saying much! (I make less than 45k a year) Us in the indie media don't make much. At least not the principled ones.
So I am grateful to everyone who signs up for Civl for $5 a month to show them that they should continue working with me and supporting my efforts. I hope the support and signups continue to grow.
Thank you Derrick, I love your reports, keeps me up-to-date and forward thinking.
Thanks Wendy!
"For example, if it was Corbett's newish book, he isn't offering that for free, but if it gets put on Archive, that's not ok. Right?"
I don't think James would actually mind too much. He is an agorist/anarchist and doesn't really believe in copyright.
I don't have any issues with working with Civl AND THEM choosing to put content behind a paywall - thats their business model. But the vast majority of my content -literally 99% are available for free. Currently, the only thing behind a pay wall is the 10 week opt out challenge and thats basically the same info from my book. Or the other FREE challenges I've done, like this one: https://theconsciousresistance.com/exb
I do absolutely distinguish between a mega corporation like CNN and someone like me or James. If people want my work for free, want to take it and reupload it and slice it up and share it - great! It doesn't harm me.
I also download books for free using Archive.org and Z-Library etc. If I have a chance to donate to an author directly, I do.
Same thing with musicians. I buy their music directly when I can (on bandcamp, for example) or buy their merch, but I dont think twice about listening for free.
"One can't have it both ways, one can't steal from authors, but then get upset when people take his/her work without permission and/or he/she can't get upset when people complain about paywalls."
To be clear, I am not upset if anyone takes my work because all of my work is available for free. The content I produce for Civl is owned by them, not me, so its up to them what to do with it. But as I said above, people can take any and all of my work and use it how they like. I Want it to go wide as possible to reach as many people as possible.
Thanks for the kind words! Have a nice day!
" If an author/artist did not give consent for his/her work to be on these sites (regardless whether or not one believes in copyright) and it is on the sites, it is a violation of this. At least, in my view it is."
This is a debate within voluntaryism. As mentioned before, James, myself, and Samuel E. Konkin III (our inspiration) do not/did not believe in intellectual property. That means we dont support copyright laws or ip laws.
But, yes, there are differing arguments on this point.
In terms of Civl, right now its the 10 week challenge. In the future there might be short films or other course type material exclusive to their platform. I always have final decision on what that content is so if there was something I thought was truly life changing or journalistic information people must know, it would not be on Civl. It will on the usual places.
With that said, I can tell you that working with Civl is allowing me to make the most money I've made as an independent journalist in 16 years. And that's not saying much! (I make less than 45k a year) Us in the indie media don't make much. At least not the principled ones.
So I am grateful to everyone who signs up for Civl for $5 a month to show them that they should continue working with me and supporting my efforts. I hope the support and signups continue to grow.