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The idea that artists should be first forbidden from selling the work they create, and then supported by the state, is totalitarian. Analogy: would you make all
by dash2 7y ago
The idea that artists should be first forbidden from selling the work they create, and then supported by the state, is totalitarian. Analogy: would you make all code compulsorily open-source? (I know some people will answer yes: in my view, they're nuts.)
- gvjddbnvdrbv 7y agoI think OP was suggesting that authors should have a choice. Either take a government grant in which case output is open source or don't.
- incompatible 7y agoYeah, well I'd prefer to see copyright abolished. It's totalitarian to try to control what data people can share and store on their devices. But as a first step, we can start finding alternative methods of funding the creation of information. I'm not a supporter of Soviet-style bureaucratic command-and-control socialism, everything should be voluntary. I suppose you could complain that funding creators by taxation (or government debt, more likely these days) is involuntary. True, but I just see it as a way of paying for civilization. In total, the cost may be similar to what people are currently paying in copyright licenses, but with the benefit that all works would now be available to all.
- praptak 7y agoThey should not be forbidden from selling their work, they should be forbidden from making the state restrict what people share.