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Re:Artists Should Be Compensated For Their Work by crux_ on Friday September 11, 2009 @11:36AM (#817514)
I don't think it's a strawman; it's a response to the frequent argument that artists ought to be compensated for their art via copyright mechanisms... as she stated in the very first sentence, as a matter of fact. If that argument was never actually made, well, maybe then it would be a strawman; but it is made all the time.

The article hurt my head too, by the way, but that is because of the Weird Capitalization.

I think there's a bit of conflation across several questions going on, both here and in most discussions on the topic:

* Is an artist entitled to compensation merely for creating art?

* Is an artist entitled to compensation by those who view their art?

* Is an artist entitled to compensation by those who redistribute her art?

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Re:Artists Should Be Compensated For Their Work by imgabe on Friday September 11, 2009 @01:21PM (#817716)
She seems to be saying that copyrights are somehow extracting money from people in exchange for art they don't want and therefore we should do away with it. This isn't happening. That's why it's a strawman.
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