{"items": [{"author": "David&nbsp;German", "source_link": "https://plus.google.com/111229345142780712481", "anchor": "gp-1383368622515", "service": "gp", "text": "I don't understand why Kreider is blaming the Internet. \u00a0For the last 200-plus years, the payment model for art has been a mix of advertising, subscriptions, donations, sponsorships, tickets, and merchandise. \u00a0Thanks to the Internet, all of these models are democratized like never before. \u00a0Hordes of independent creators are earning a real living from art that would have had no commercial chance in 1990. \u00a0\n<br>\n<br>\nIf you can't figure out how to monetize your work in 2013, I suppose you can blame stingy fans or greedy publishers, but I think it's more likely that you just don't have much of an audience.", "timestamp": 1383368622}]}