I wonder how this compares to Free Software developers and the software industry.
Programmers are artists too. Their works are being downloaded and distributed, usually even without explicit attribution. I think it is the giant corporate entities that are suffering, and probably not the artists themselves. Though it is true artists must eat, and we do not yet have a very good system to connect consumers with artists without involving middle-men that extract some of that value. That is the next step in our (r)evolution. Sincerely, Patrick Anderson http://ImputedProduction.BlogSpot.com _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss
