Lucas Ives wrote:This doesn't even pass the straight face test. Most of the works of art on display in museums are either donated by or on loan by their rightful owners.
I create something and make it available for a fee. If you take it without paying that fee, you are stealing. The end.
Once again, I posit you've never had to support yourself as a musician.
Most the worlds art works are in galleries across the nation, not museums. It's pretty laughable you could consider "art" to simply encompass the small world of CLASSICAL art.
The art district here must have 50+ galleries on one street. All of which anyone can walk into and view any piece of art, for any amount of time - for free.
Again, as I mentioned. The libraries have massive music collections, available, for free - legally.
In college, the music library, incredibly extensive, was available for free as well as copying any piece of music - again, legally, 100% legit on the books.
The public highschool I work at has music in it's library, again, for free.
Radio is free.
Lucas Ives wrote:Once again, I posit you've never had to support yourself as a musician.
Because of my opinion on free music? Your logic falls apart with the list of professional musicians that are FOR free trade, as already mentioned in this thread.
I've supported myself as a musician for the entirety of my adult life, I also paid for both my college degree's from playing drums, purchased all of my gear from playing drums, my truck, my car, pay rent and even eat occasionally - from music.
Now that I think about it, I think maybe 5% or less of my income has come from royalties or an artist selling records of any kind.
Believe it or not, some of us play music out of love for music. Not love for money. If you wanted to be rich, don't be a musician.
*You can check out a CD from a library, here at least for up to 8 weeks, at a time. That's pretty much the equivalent of owning it. What's the difference between checking out a CD for 8 weeks at a time or having it on your ipod?