>> The entire system of copyright and recorded art needs to be abolished, and any music that is recorded instantly becomes the public domain. > No way, artists

>> The entire system of copyright and recorded art needs to be abolished, and any music that is recorded instantly becomes the public domain. > No way, artists deserve to be paid for their works. I agree, but the fair market value of a digitized recording is evidently close to zero and in general too low to sustain an artistic career save for exceptional cases. The era in which a musician could support himself or herself via selling recordings has basically been a blip in the history of music. We can try to sustain this blip, which appears to be a sinking ship, or we can reinforce traditional models like patronage (e.g. Patreon, NEA, private endowments, etc.) and live performance.