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Re:Artists Should Be Compensated For Their Work by gaius on Friday September 11, 2009 @09:36AM (#817305)
That's not a good analogy. Mathematicians are employed a) by universities, so their compensation is their salary (+ tenure) or b) by investment banks, so their compensation is their salary (+ bonus). There're no freelance mathematicians selling directly to the general public.
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Re:Artists Should Be Compensated For Their Work by cousin_it on Friday September 11, 2009 @09:52AM (#817333)
Sorry, but I don't understand how your comment constitutes an objection to my comment - it's more like sideways. Universities don't receive copyrights on theorems either. This proves that copyright isn't a necessary condition for the creation of publicly beneficial intellectual property. Society can create mechanisms to compensate creators by other means: make a university-like institution for musicians, and you'll be OK.
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Re:Artists Should Be Compensated For Their Work by gaius on Friday September 11, 2009 @01:20PM (#817713)
It sounds like you're advocating musicians being salaried employees of record labels.
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Re:Artists Should Be Compensated For Their Work by cousin_it on Friday September 11, 2009 @03:07PM (#817898)
Sorry again, but I can't parse your comments at all. If we abolish copyright, do you think record labels will continue to exist in their present form?
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