But what encourages creators to create something that many people instead of only a few will enjoy or something enduring and actually useful / of high value (in terms of benefits for other people)? Should creators not be incentivized externally to work on things people actually need and perform this work well?
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Sorry my fault, by textbook I meant novel. If authors of novels would want to work without publishers they could already do that today, no? I've heard of cover bands, but those do pay a fee in order to be allowed to play other bands' songs live and they need the artist's/publisher's consent to publish recordings of their cover songs, which probably is paid for as well, I guess.
Corporations selling artists work after only paying the artist once is a flaw in the contract these two parties agreed upon and is often successfully sued against later. So this is and should be illegal. Of course individual artists might not have the finances to fight the battle against a publisher which is a problem.
I am all against coprorations and companies making money off of others people work and I see a lot of potential improvements to be made about copyright and intellectual property. But despite trying and wanting it to, I do not see it working out without any protection of creative work. But maybe that's just my lack of understanding things (low IQ score), as indicated by the graphic in the shared article. I think it is important to separate art from knowledge though, which should be paid for by the collective and free to anyone to access.
Why would anyone comission a writer to write a textbook, if anyone was allowed to print and publish it afterwards? And why would I pay the fee for the band that has to make up for their time writing the music when I can also just visit the way cheaper concert where the same music is being performed? What would keep corporations from selling artists work without having to pay the artists?
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And due to stricter requirements it's usually higher quality than bottled water.
They seem to offer answers, very simple ones at that. But none of them are solutions to the actual problems.
So the existence of billionaires is not a problem as long as they aren't criminals?
indifference toward the suffering of fellow human beings
Sine qua non for being a billionaire
Ok maybe we just ask them kindly
I don't remember hearing Frontex or national coast guards completely ignoring sinking ships
Are you serious? Or do you mean to say you did not hear about them ignoring ships since they are usually watching them drowning or even actively trying to sink them?
They came to this land from so far away, hearing promises of how great it is, and then they live worse than they did back home.
Ahh, so you are just helping them by denying basic human rights of seeking for asylum and a better life. That's too kind of you.
good ol' 16:9 aspect ratio
You guys wear trousers?