opaqueice wrote: > If we get rid of music copyright, artists will make money from live > shows, and albums will be essentially promotions for those shows, which > the artists have control over.
You've made this assertion several times and, until now, I've resisted the urge to challenge it. Previously, you have said: > As far as I know, the vast majority of musicians make their money from > live gigs. Secondary sources of income include jobs like doing the > soundtrack for a movie (the one musician I know that does that is paid > a lump sum per film, no royalties), music teaching, etc. Only the very > rare extremely successful ones make money from record sales or > licensing. and: > Artists stop making money? Sorry? What world are you living in? I > know several pro musicians well and am acquainted with quite a few > more, including some reasonably successful ones and one very successful > one, and only that last one makes a significant portion of his income > from record sales. So a few of the most successful musicians would > have less money - balanced against everyone else in the country having > free or cheap access to all the music they want. My expectation is > there would be an explosion in the music scene as all these artificial > controls were relaxed - people could sample as they wanted, explore new > music without a cost barrier, there'd be more live shows, and less hype > by record companies promoting the flavor-of-the-month crappy pop. and: > So to stop music copying, you either need to convince most people that > it's clearly morally wrong (which will be hard, because it isn't), or > make the law enforceable (which will be very hard, as has been > emphasized here). Basically, I think you are just plain wrong. Do you also think works of literature should be copyright free? And photographs? How about paintings/drawings, and copies or prints of the same ? Works of creative art (including music of all forms) are produced by artists who deserve to be rewarded for their creativity and hard work. I don't know what you do for a living, but would you still turn up at work if you weren't paid for it? Musicians work just like the rest of us and should be paid for their work just like the rest of us. R. _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
