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> If anything should be open and free, it's art.

> If anything should be open and free, it's art. I'm not sure that would work with all types of art and for all types of artists. If an author spends a year writing a book, how is he supposed to make a living? A few authors can attend sci-fi and fantasy conferences, but most can't make much money from live performances, t-shirts etc. It's not fair to limit the ways an artist can make a living. If writing was limited to hobbyists we would lose a lot of good literature that can only come from total dedication to their work. The same can also be said for musicians. Consumers have a limited amount of time and money they can spend on concerts, donations and t-shirts. The current copyright and distribution system is broken, but art has always been a product that can be sold and controlled by the artists, so why should it be free-as-in-speech just because it can be copied digitally? The main issue with today's system is that artists no longer have enough control of the distribution and copyright is something that can be transferred and outlive the original artists. The only way art can be free-as-in-speech is to build a post scarcity world where everyone is free to do whatever they want.

Posted by qw on May 29, 2015, 10:33 PM

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> If anything should be open and free, it's art.

qwMay 29, 2015, 10:33 PM

> If anything should be open and free, it's art. I'm not sure that would work with all types of art and for all types of artists. If an author spends a year writing a book, how is he supposed to make a living? A few authors can attend sci-fi and fantasy conferences, but most can't make much money from live performances, t-shirts etc. It's not fair to limit the ways an artist can make a living. If writing was limited to hobbyists we would lose a lot of good literature that can only come from total dedication to their work. The same can also be said for musicians. Consumers have a limited amount of time and money they can spend on concerts, donations and t-shirts. The current copyright and distribution system is broken, but art has always been a product that can be sold and controlled by the artists, so why should it be free-as-in-speech just because it can be copied digitally? The main issue with today's system is that artists no longer have enough control of the distribution and copyright is something that can be transferred and outlive the original artists. The only way art can be free-as-in-speech is to build a post scarcity world where everyone is free to do whatever they want.

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