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Re:Artists Should Be Compensated For Their Work by buugs on Friday September 11, 2009 @09:38AM (#817310)
They are usually teaching and doing research for a school something that is not available for all chosen careers
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Re:Artists Should Be Compensated For Their Work by cousin_it on Friday September 11, 2009 @09:57AM (#817337)
The teaching option is certainly available for arts and music, I'd guess moreso than for mathematics.
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Re:Artists Should Be Compensated For Their Work by pmichaud on Friday September 11, 2009 @11:58AM (#817558)
You'd guess wrong -- there is an over supply of art teachers, and under supply of math teachers. If you are in math, you can get a job teaching. If you are in art, you probably can't get a job teaching [art].
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Re:Artists Should Be Compensated For Their Work by emmett on Friday September 11, 2009 @12:17PM (#817600)
This is probably a strong indication we have an oversupply of artists!
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Re:Artists Should Be Compensated For Their Work by cousin_it on Friday September 11, 2009 @12:34PM (#817632)
I was talking about absolute numbers (sorry for not making that clearer), so your assessment is correct without contradicting mine. The oversupply of arts teachers probably consists of ambitious people who hope copyright will make them rich. Abolish copyright and the teacher/student ratio will likely drop to the math level.
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Re:Artists Should Be Compensated For Their Work by alexkay on Friday September 11, 2009 @12:25PM (#817619)
Most likely because the barriers to entry is lower than in mathematics. Everyone and his brother think they are "artists".
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