Freedom of expression in Poetry.

[milo]

and the simple truth is that other forms of media are easier to market.

I thought I'd covered that point. My ipod is full of readings though, almost never by the author, and all for free. Muah ha ha

You did but I thought it important to focus on the monetization. People don't realize it in music because it is still very big but by any metric, music is less than half as successful as it was jut 20 years ago. Movies too. The reason is because people are getting the milk for free. And poetry can't command the performance interest of music.