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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 7695154" data-attributes="member: 22424"><p>If you'll permit me an anecdote from another field...</p><p></p><p>Back when I was learning to play the bagpipes, the topic of playing at weddings (and how much to charge) was raised. At which point the suggestion was that if you wanted to play for free, then that was fine (though you'd probably only really do that for friends and family - why would you give up your time in that way for a stranger?); and if you were going to charge for your time/skills then that was also fine.</p><p></p><p>But... if you were going to charge for the service then you should charge the going rate for doing so (currently £120ish for a wedding). For two reasons: firstly, if you didn't think you were good enough to charge that full rate, it meant you weren't good enough to charge at all. Secondly, by offering to play for a lower rate you were undercutting the market and forcing prices across the board down - and while <em>you</em> might be doing it as a hobby/labour of love/whatever, there are other people for whom it represented an important part of their income, and by driving their pay down you'd be harming them.</p><p></p><p>IOW: I don't think people providing content for free are "undermining their profession", though they should probably be selective in who they do such work for, but I do agree that fair rates of payment (for paid work) are worth supporting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="delericho, post: 7695154, member: 22424"] If you'll permit me an anecdote from another field... Back when I was learning to play the bagpipes, the topic of playing at weddings (and how much to charge) was raised. At which point the suggestion was that if you wanted to play for free, then that was fine (though you'd probably only really do that for friends and family - why would you give up your time in that way for a stranger?); and if you were going to charge for your time/skills then that was also fine. But... if you were going to charge for the service then you should charge the going rate for doing so (currently £120ish for a wedding). For two reasons: firstly, if you didn't think you were good enough to charge that full rate, it meant you weren't good enough to charge at all. Secondly, by offering to play for a lower rate you were undercutting the market and forcing prices across the board down - and while [i]you[/i] might be doing it as a hobby/labour of love/whatever, there are other people for whom it represented an important part of their income, and by driving their pay down you'd be harming them. IOW: I don't think people providing content for free are "undermining their profession", though they should probably be selective in who they do such work for, but I do agree that fair rates of payment (for paid work) are worth supporting. [/QUOTE]
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