Wil Wheaton vs. the Internet
WIL WHEATON: You deserve to get paid when you make something with your mind that other people will use to make money.
INTERNET: No! We demand that you retract that statement because many of us have made a career of giving things away and getting Amazon Affiliate click-throughs on our free content blogs.
WIL WHEATON: I’m okay with giving things away to fans. I just want to get paid when a $50 million company asks for my content. Can they not spare 6-cents per word?
INTERNET: You should love what you do! Demanding money for Art is venal!
WIL WHEATON: How do you pay the rent?
INTERNET: If you write it, they will pay you. Somehow. Somebody.
WIL WHEATON: Really?
INTERNET: Yes!
WIL WHEATON: Really?
INTERNET: No, not really. Do you want to guest-blog on our site this week?
WIL WHEATON: Probably not.
(confused? See you can’t pay your rent with “the unique platform and reach our site provides” and Oni Harstein, who politely disagrees)