opaqueice;200710 Wrote: > Because he was profligate, not because he had trouble making a living. > I've been to an apartment in Vienna he lived in - he had lots of money, > at least for a while. His patrons were grand dukes etc. Anyway the > point is there was a thriving music scene without copyright, as there > probably had been throughout human history. > > > > Mozart's fortunes did go up and down but not only because he was > profligate. > > He wasn't a good self manager and he often alienated his patrons. > > Composers did make money from their scores as did the publishers of > those scores. They are original work product and the composer has a > right to earn revenue. > > The printed disemination of those scores in turn increased the > popularity of the composer. If the publisher couldn't earn revenue from > the printing and distribution of the scores why would the publisher > incur the expense. > > Record companies do provide a service to the public and the artist > although I agree that the cos. make too much and the artist too > little. > > That may be changing as online self distribution by artists continues > to grow. They will have more bargaining power to negotiate better > contracts. > > Being a musician, I know a lot of musicians and none of them would > support abolishing all forms of copyright. > > > > However most musicians I know don't support the restrictions on fair > use that DRM causes. But that is a different issue.
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