Gotta have scannable serials so you can invalidate money held by "evil" people, and make sure all pieces in the financial train were government-sanctioned.
I can see why Artists look down on what we do. They have no choice. They certainly can't compete with us. What we do is irresistible. Authors and playwrights are dinosaurs, and we're throwing the asteroids. We'll let Film and TV survive. For now.
As usual, it's crony bullshit from the usual suspects in the gubbmint. As usual the media finds them blameless, and surely we just need more monopoly encouragement to stop them. I hardly even post on these things anymore they are so old hat.
