No one cares that you could pay more than a usual price for the album, that’s not news.
That may well not be true. I doubt that there’s an easy route to send small amounts of money to most bands (unlike charities). Here is a tech-savvy author turning away tips from readers, out of fear that they’re pirating his books. And he does have free books that might elicit a tip.
Interesting. I just found Cory Doctorow expressing a similar view here:
Every time I put a book online for free, I get emails from readers who want to send me donations for the book. I appreciate their generous spirit, but I’m not interested in cash donations, because my publishers are really important to me. They contriebute immeasurably to the book, improving it, introducing it to an audience I could never reach, helping me do more with my work. I have no desire to cut them out of the loop.
In his case, he’s apparently set up a system for readers to buy copies and have them donated to libraries.
This is a bit tangential to your point...
That may well not be true. I doubt that there’s an easy route to send small amounts of money to most bands (unlike charities). Here is a tech-savvy author turning away tips from readers, out of fear that they’re pirating his books. And he does have free books that might elicit a tip.
Interesting. I just found Cory Doctorow expressing a similar view here:
In his case, he’s apparently set up a system for readers to buy copies and have them donated to libraries.