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Of course we do need art. But most artists are not protected by copyright, quite the contrary! They get extorted by producers and other mafia-like organizations
by southerntofu 6y ago
Of course we do need art. But most artists are not protected by copyright, quite the contrary! They get extorted by producers and other mafia-like organizations taking their rights away and "eating" all their income as administrative fees.
According to official SACEM statistics, 66% of their registered artists (who pay membership dues) don't receive a single cent over an entire year. The Cour des Comptes (highest french authority for public spending) has published detailed analysis about the copyright mafia and how their 6-digit salaries really don't help artists make a living.
How to make a living is an issue in all of society, not just for artists. We should address this problem globally by making sure wealth is redistributed according to everyone's needs.
- Rule35 6y ago> We should address this problem globally by making sure wealth is redistributed according to everyone's needs. An artist doesn't need the dole, they can get a job and make art on their own time.
- Rule35 6y agoIf I said "I make decorations but they cost more than people want to pay for them" I'd be told to get another job. If I say "I make art but I'm poor and starving" people feel sorry for me. There are two types of art, one customers call art when buying it. The other that an artist calls art when lamenting that people won't buy it.
- sopp 6y agoSome artists work full time already, we are not talking about hobbyist here but professionals
- Rule35 6y agoThen they're successful enough to not be the ones I'm talking about. If you sell art profitably you're a business, in the art space.
- zepto 6y ago> We should address this problem globally by making sure wealth is redistributed according to everyone's needs Many people would say that it already is.