I recall, Stephen King's notion of e-books that people would voluntarily pay for went rather belly up as an idea (personally, I don't think the story of attacking plants was all that enticing since it sounded like a thread bare plot, but I'm not a King aficionado on my best day.) The majority of people don't pay for what they can get for free, as far as I can tell from my experience in the wonderful world of civil service, but they expect a lot for that nothing. I'm not sure how an author or a musician or artist can make a living when their creations are given away, though I seem to live in a society that encourages the practice of taking what isn't nailed down (speaking only for the culture of Southern California and no where else). It would be nice to be so self-sufficient that one didn't need to charge for creative works, but I wonder how valued the "freebies" are....just questions. I've no answers.