Minecraft Maker Thinks Wealth is Weird

[Evil Smurf]

he gave to child's play via DesertBus I think. That's what I want. to be rich enough to give most of it away.

 

[Dracthor]

I need to stop taking things out of context and read the whole article before I start thinking. I got to "wants to use some of his cash to make the world a better place. "For me," he says" and thought about what a jerk he was. Boy, did I feel silly a second later.

 

[Strazdas]

Is there maybe a translation problem, or has been misquoted? If he finds it weird how game sales work then hes a bit of a simple lad isn't he?

i think its not that he does not understand, but that he thinks its rather unfair idea, you create something once and esentialy can sell it over and over again for 95+ years. This is why copyright should nto be extended but lowered. we should make copyright last 25 or less years for many things. you should not get paid agian and agian for something you made 50 years ago.

 

[MisterColeman]

...and, on the whole, it couldn't happen to a better fella.

I don't agree, he has made some fairly serious PR blunders and his handling of content creators for his game at the various minecons leaves much to be desired. I don't think he's a bad person, and I don't actively dislike him, but I often don't like the way he handles his fans.

 

[emeraldrafael]

well I dont know if youre really willing to spend it you fcould always come here to the US and make jobs, or you know, make the EU figure itself out before it all collapses (though I dont know if it can be saved at this point). Im sure there's hungry children in africa, amybe even where he lives if he doesnt want to deal with currency exchange.

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2. How did you get the idea that the strongest economy in the world is collapsing, and not just going through some problems?

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the strongest economy, no, The US, China, Japan, and India all want words with you before <url=http://www.economywatch.com/economies-in-top/?page=full>one of your countries rears its heads. You dont count a full union as a single economy, otherwise youre going to have to count the trade the US and China do with each other as an economy. Not to mention any of the other groups like NAFTA, APEC, and AFTA. The total EU GDP is only about 2.5 Trillion more than the US. ALONE. Add Canada and mexico do that and the three of them together (NAFTA) <url=http://useconomy.about.com/od/tradepolicy/tp/NAFTA_Facts.htm>are greater. In fact, APEC (which does not include the EU), accounts for <url=http://www.apec.org/about-us/about-apec.aspx>over half the worlds total GDP. So tell me, where in any of that leads you to believe the EU is the biggest Economic Power?
And how do I know? well, besides, the UK having been thinking of leaving for sometime now and is actually going put up to odds, and that several countries are in <url=http://www.economy.com/dismal/map/default.asp>recession or at risk of, and arent positively projected to grow in recent years, Gee, I can only wonder.