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"And they do, whenever they perform those skills for an audience. " The overwhelming majority of musical work -writing, recording, practicing etc - is done in
by GiraffeNecktie 15y ago
"And they do, whenever they perform those skills for an audience. "
The overwhelming majority of musical work -writing, recording, practicing etc - is done in private with no audience present. Many musicians perform very little in public.
- gnaritas 15y agoThat doesn't mean the market values such effort. They have no right to demand to be paid just because something takes skill. Lots of skilled activities are of no value to the market. And I say this as a musician who's very aware of the effort involved.
- superuser2 15y ago>They have no right to demand to be paid just because something takes skill. But they do have a right to demand to be paid when someone chooses to experience the result of their skill.
- gnaritas 15y agoNot necessarily. They can of course charge before demonstrating said skill, but if someone else happens to be witness, or copy the output in some way, it doesn't mean he controls all future uses of the result of said skill.