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Originally Posted by Yoozer  A pharmaceutics company invests millions and 5 years of hard work of the brightest minds in developing and testing new medicine. They get a patent on this and enjoy tge exclusive use for 20 years. It's pretty telling about society that it values entertainment so much that it gets far more years than that. |
Whereas a musician trains from as early as 5 years old, invests their own time and money in learning the instrument, building a career and may have one successful song to show for it. Corporations go on for hundreds of years, and employees of corporations aren't fired because they are balding, put on a little weight, or haven't written a hit song for a year.
The comparison is completely bogus.
The artist copyright (writers, musicians, painters etc) reflects the greater
personal investment and risk artists undertake to sometimes enjoy little success.
Maybe we can talk about artist copyright in a new light if local government offers us millions in cash incentive to move our office to their location, or the government signs a contract to buy our songs for x number of years.