Holy Crap, Paul Carr re-invents patronage

Instead what someone needs to build is a macropayment service. A way to make a one-off payment to a specific creator to thank them for their entire body of work. If you insist on using a ‘micro’ word, then the correct one is ‘micropatronage’: an affordable version of the age-old practice of wealthy patrons supporting artists in substantive, public ways – ways that stroke the patron’s ego and/or guarantee their place in heaven.

Paul is a bollix. A very snarky, very funny bollix. And like many bollixes, he is also right more times than not.

But with this, I think he has {insert positive American sports metaphor of your choice}.

If Guiltvault existed, I would immediately hand over money to all those creators about whom I feel guilty. And so would a torrent of others (see what I did there? Oh I'm on fire today).

I've said it many times before, I want to give media/content creators their due but in many cases I can't due to idiotic localised 19th century licensing arrangements.

"Guiltvault - So Matthew Smith can finally afford to make Manic Miner II".

Someone do it now, please.