Hi, I do not agree that ‘artists love to play the victim, subsisting on the barren fringe of social order’. Rather I believe this is the area to which many artists are resigned because of a failed and largely unenforceable copyright system. Corporations are to blame in many areas. Keeping artists poor does not make better art by the way. The template being proposed will not rectify the main issue, which is payment to the artist or developer for the use of their works.
In general I believe ISP and governments have no intention of fixing the copyright dilemma for the benefit of the public or artists. Their intent is solely derived from control of the network and profit making. It will be interesting to see how much effect big business can have on the state and its attempt at using the copyright argument to control our networks. A control that is readily available through prior programming. It can be argued that networking and file sharing sites help artists to create a profile thus advertising their works to the wider public. In actuality the advertising alongside the artist is given more merit than the work they may produce. The funds gained by advertising alongside the artist, is the only business reason for these sites apart from information gathering. Many artists or developers will simply choose to not freely release works to the public arena when miscellaneous advertising is the revenue base and none of this goes to the artist. In most instances any resulting benefits to the artist are completely negated because of our cash based society. There is no mitigating this fact. Exactly how much content should the artist or developer release freely before a level of reimbursement is reached? The expectation of many is simply not forfilled in no way because of the merit of the work. Many formats of artwork do not lend themselves to a client-based approach and as such there is no reimbursement for the artist in utilizing the current or proposed system. Many established or developing arts will simply fade away. In all respects any proposed changes should keep in mind that the renaissance should not be hindered. River Tucker New Zealand _______________________________________________ Ada_list mailing list [email protected] http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/
