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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 9634062" data-attributes="member: 1">I think for me it's exacerbated by the fact that the Backerkit has so many followers--this is clearly going to do hundreds of thousands, if not a million. Not paying people for content isn't great at any time, but when you can clearly afford to it seems more exploitative.They aren't even paying the prize money themselves--fans do the work, and fans also provide the prize money (and I guess some fans provide their own prize money as they can vote for themselves).I don't think there's any maliciousness going on here; I suspect it's more just a case of not having thought it through fully. I get that it's a marketing ploy rather than a content grab, so perhaps their perspective is a little different.So we have 10 people who get nothing (but the 'privilege' of having their work used for free), 9 people paid way below industry average, and one at roughly industry average of 5c/w. Plus all the other entrants who have essentially donated their work for free.It feels very exploitive. I can imagine somebody came up with the idea and presented it as a zero-cost-can't-lose scenario. I hope they change this, but the contest launches in two days.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 9634062, member: 1"] I think for me it's exacerbated by the fact that the Backerkit has so many followers--this is clearly going to do hundreds of thousands, if not a million. Not paying people for content isn't great at any time, but when you can clearly afford to it seems more exploitative. [I]They aren't even paying the prize money themselves[/I]--fans do the work, and fans also provide the prize money (and I guess some fans provide their [I]own[/I] prize money as they can vote for themselves). I don't think there's any maliciousness going on here; I suspect it's more just a case of not having thought it through fully. I get that it's a marketing ploy rather than a content grab, so perhaps their perspective is a little different. So we have 10 people who get nothing (but the 'privilege' of having their work used for free), 9 people paid way below industry average, and one at roughly industry average of 5c/w. Plus all the other entrants who have essentially donated their work for free. It feels very exploitive. I can imagine somebody came up with the idea and presented it as a zero-cost-can't-lose scenario. I hope they change this, but the contest launches in two days. [/QUOTE]

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