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Originally Posted by twwalsh  i'm not about to defend every idea in that article. i think the point you refer to, though, what he's getting at is that it seems fairly arbitrary which creative pursuits are payable with royalties and which aren't. the architect gets paid once. he doesn't get a royalty every time someone sets foot in his building. why do books and music and films work differently? because of the distribution model, which is now very antiquated. |
In the same way I don't pay to hear a piece of music on the radio (unless suffering the abysmal adverts in-between each track counts as payment), but if I want to own it I pay money to the creator.
I agree distribution of music is in need of a rethink, but only because allot of people feel that music should be free. That's the point that needs addressing. Taxation looks inevitable.