For this blog post I tried to think of a way to approach just the topic of "free" and revenue streams on its own, but I found it almost impossible since the ideas of revenue and copyright are so intrinsically linked in my head. These days, it seems that the only point of copyright is to protect a content owner's right to derive revenue from their content. Since I'm in the Wednesday night section of this class, where we've gone over revenue models and have copyright coming up in the next class, posting on Monday is a perfect way to bridge the gap and a great excuse to discuss both topics. (Fair warning now: this blog post is a time investment. I've embedded a lot of media that I think is particularly relevant to these topics and I discuss them in the context of the readings.)

Is this man a Snuggie?