> Jed sez: >...
> The only problem with [replicators] will be that > living artists will lose their market. This has > already happened to young classical musicians. > Today's recording techniques are so good that > most customers are satisfied with recordings of > Beethoven or Mozart made 30 years ago, so there > is no market for new recordings, and a diminished > market for live concerts. Being an artist myself (though certainly not making a living as one) I've pondered this issue more than once. I suspect that when replicators eventually become available artists will not need to worry about making a living to "pay the rent", nor any other expense for that matter. ;-) As for musicians and those working by choice in all sorts of creative endeavors I suspect there may actually be a renaissance since everybody will have so much more free time on their hands that attending creative events of all mediums will drive much of what the population does from day to day. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com
