supporting a person like J. K. Rowling financially
If I already own the books, I’m not going to toss them away just because the author is an ass. It doesn’t hurt her anyway. And you can buy books, movies etc. secondhand, as secondhand stores, private sellers and the like don’t have to pay royalties to the author. There are plenty of ways to consume their creations without supporting the creator.
That’s fine. The problem lies in talking about their works which might encourage others to buy the books or merchandise etc. Unfortunately the best result would be if the work and the author would be forgotten, but that’s unlikely to happen. So at least when talking about the works it should never be omitted that the author is a horrible person who abuses her influence to hurt other people.
Hence I disagree with the take. This way around the work should not be separated from the creator, because popularizing it is enabling even if you won’t consume any more than what you already have, others might.
If I already own the books, I’m not going to toss them away just because the author is an ass. It doesn’t hurt her anyway. And you can buy books, movies etc. secondhand, as secondhand stores, private sellers and the like don’t have to pay royalties to the author. There are plenty of ways to consume their creations without supporting the creator.
That’s fine. The problem lies in talking about their works which might encourage others to buy the books or merchandise etc. Unfortunately the best result would be if the work and the author would be forgotten, but that’s unlikely to happen. So at least when talking about the works it should never be omitted that the author is a horrible person who abuses her influence to hurt other people.
Hence I disagree with the take. This way around the work should not be separated from the creator, because popularizing it is enabling even if you won’t consume any more than what you already have, others might.