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Vertical Life 7 10-Dec-2013 At 5:58:35 PM rolsen1

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On 9/12/2013 Damo666 wrote:
>On 7/12/2013 mikllaw wrote:
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>>People seem to do a better job when they write for love (free).
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>And how long do you think that can last Mike, in any form, in any industry,
>anywhere? Only certain things can be written for free, by certain people,
>a certain number of times. It's no base on which to create lasting quality.
>
>So contributors have to write for free, photographers contribute images
>for free and Ross, Simon and co have to work for 'free', all so Australian
>climbers can get a magazine for 'free'? Because they don't want to pay
>for anything, because they're used to getting so much for 'free'?
>
>Nothing is free. Someone pays, in some way, at some time, somewhere down
>the line, whether they realise it or not.
>
>Vertical Life is a great piece of work and if they can somehow find a
>way to print some version of it I hope people will pay something for it.
>I will.
>
>If not, the result will just be a morass of half-assed blogs, Facebook
>posts, sponsor releases and random unedited spray here and elsewhere. All
>those things will carry on regardless, but that doesn't mean that as a
>community - if you/we believe such things exist - we can't support something
>better.
>

I must admit I kind of like what we have now.... those who can and want do what they do, which probably describes what went on before.