| Stuff that makes life simpler is good.
Royalty-free can make life simpler (sometimes). Ergo…. Some Royalty free sellers describe their product
as hassle-"free" while accusing rights protected transactions as
being hassle-intensive.
As you might imagine, neither side of
that pronouncement is precisely correct (after all, this is real life…) Royalty-free
transactions have some definite advantages, but they cannot be described as hassle-free.
(And if you go into it thinking they are-- you might get yourself whacked.) By the same
token, traditional rights-protected transactions are becoming increasingly hassle-reduced--
as a specific reaction to the competitive challenge of royalty-free). In short, the
"hassle-gap" between royalty-free and rights protected is probably narrower than
you might imagine.
If you get up-to-speed on these issues,
you'll have a real leg up when dealing with either, so let's take a look:
First of all, on its face, as the chart
in the next section shows, a royalty-free transaction is simpler.
But there's more to the
story. First check-out the chart, and then we'll look at the important underlying reality:
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