opaqueice;200735 Wrote: > For example, a tax of some sort (on blank CDs for example) which went to > a fund to support artists and public art/music programs? A system of > artists-in-residence at the federal, state, county, city, university > level? More public funding for local orchestras and smaller ensembles? > Done well, it could lead to a huge increase in the amount of music > being made, and people's exposure to it. Done badly, it would lead to > a bloated and ineffective bureaucracy.
The problem with flat systems is that they tend to get distributed unfairly. Any 'unidentifiable' income for music reproduction is distributed in the same ratio as the total take, which is great for big artists but clearly unfair - but can we come up with a better system? Public funding is great, but in the UK it's being cut massively - we have an Olympics in 2012, and we're going to decimate the classical industry (and not even invest in grassroots sport) to pay for it! On Mozart, he may have been profligate but he was arguably the greatest music genius of all time. By any calculation, surely he should have earned more in real terms than the £600m fortune that Paul 'not even the most talented in his band' McCartney has amassed? Couldn't we allow Wolfy a few parties? ;) Some system of copyright protection is essential to reward the successful artists, and some amount of state (or rich benefactor) sponsorship should be there for the unrecognised talent. The balance is hard to call, but I would fear that use of DRM (which strongly favours the copyright holder) would push the balance towards highly marketed artists, which would certainly not be a result I personally would like to see. Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people who don't listen to any of last.fm's top artists' (http://www.last.fm/group/People+who+don%27t+listen+to+any+of+last.fm%27s+top+artists) "To occupy Iraq would instantly shatter our coalition, turning the whole Arab world against us ... condemning [young soldiers] to fight in what would be an un-winnable urban guerrilla war. It could only plunge that part of the world into even greater instability" - George Bush Snr, 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34928
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