01-22-2006, 03:08 AM
Maybe you could re-explain your philosophy, because I too am baffled.
Can you own a print of a painting, and does it have value? Can you own the 4th edition of a book, and does it have value? Can you own the re-release GOTY edition of a popular game, and does it have value? If you are saying that the work of musicians, working in a studio to produce an album is valueless, then I think you are defying logic.
It might be a nice egalitarian premise that artists should offer their arts to the masses for arts sake, or that scientists or teachers should do the same for the benefit of all humanity. Instead, no, we force them to suffer and struggle through Capitalism to get their work recognized by (Publisher, Studio, Record Company, Etc.) and then the artist gets pennies of every dollar, with 30-50% of their potential income lost to piracy.
Tangible physical objects are easy to understand. That widget costs 5$ to produce. When you get to intellectual property you must rely on patents and copyrights. How do you propose to protect inventions, designs, and products of the mind?
Can you own a print of a painting, and does it have value? Can you own the 4th edition of a book, and does it have value? Can you own the re-release GOTY edition of a popular game, and does it have value? If you are saying that the work of musicians, working in a studio to produce an album is valueless, then I think you are defying logic.
It might be a nice egalitarian premise that artists should offer their arts to the masses for arts sake, or that scientists or teachers should do the same for the benefit of all humanity. Instead, no, we force them to suffer and struggle through Capitalism to get their work recognized by (Publisher, Studio, Record Company, Etc.) and then the artist gets pennies of every dollar, with 30-50% of their potential income lost to piracy.
Tangible physical objects are easy to understand. That widget costs 5$ to produce. When you get to intellectual property you must rely on patents and copyrights. How do you propose to protect inventions, designs, and products of the mind?
”There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Hamlet (1.5.167-8), Hamlet to Horatio.
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