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"The difference between straight labor and creative work is that the artist is, in theory, building an exploitable asset." How are laborers not building an exp
by betterunix 14y ago
"The difference between straight labor and creative work is that the artist is, in theory, building an exploitable asset."
How are laborers not building an exploitable asset? When last I checked, that is exactly what they do: they build exploitable assets for others.
Really, it sounds like you are arguing that Fitzgerald's publisher should be able to charge for his work in perpetuity.
- alexqgb 14y agoSorry. Perhaps I should have said the artist is "building an exploitable asset for themselves." Of course, an intelligent reader would have been able to infer that's exactly simply by reading the very next line. And because this is HN, I don't make a habit of dumbing-down the discourse to a third grade level. But hey, I'm not afraid to be servicy, so if spoon-feeding is what you need, well, there you go. And now that I've discovered that reading comprehension isn't your strong suit, I can understand why a subtle detail like the distinction between "rent" and "royalties" (which I was careful to make) would have sailed straight over your head. So where more diligent readers would register my acknowledgement of the differences between tangible and intangible assets and by extension, my awareness of the distinct sets of laws that pertain to each, you turned a comprehension failure on your part into an deliberate oversight on mine, before misconstruing your own error as open advocacy on my part for an end to term limits on copyrights. To which all I can say is...riiight.