Walled Culture<p><strong>The truth about copyright: even successful authors can’t live on the royalties publishers pay them</strong></p><p>Copyright is built on a lie that most people seem to accept: artists can make a decent living from the current system of rewards that copyright provides. As Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available) explores, all the data about artist remuneration shows that isn’t true. Alongside such dry statistics, it’s good to hear about the personal experiences of creators, and I […]</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/authors/" target="_blank">#authors</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/earned-out/" target="_blank">#earnedOut</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/patronage/" target="_blank">#patronage</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/publishers/" target="_blank">#publishers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/royalties/" target="_blank">#royalties</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/ubi/" target="_blank">#ubi</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/universal-basic-income/" target="_blank">#universalBasicIncome</a></p><p><a href="https://walledculture.org/the-truth-about-copyright-even-successful-authors-cant-live-on-the-royalties-publishers-pay-them/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">walledculture.org/the-truth-ab</span><span class="invisible">out-copyright-even-successful-authors-cant-live-on-the-royalties-publishers-pay-them/</span></a></p>