opaqueice wrote: > It would be interesting to study the economics of music performance and > composition in the era before copyright, or before recorded music. > Mozart had no trouble making a living.
Actually, Mozart struggled to make a living and died poor - he was buried in a pauper's grave. > Why didn't everyone else just > copy him? Why wasn't he destroyed by having every good idea > immediately stolen? I don't know the answer, but I suspect it's > similar to modern academia - everyone in the community knew Mozart, his > style, his famous works, and if people copied them it simply made him > more famous, more in demand to compose a new piece, or as a performer, > or to be the composer-in-residence, or as a teacher, etc. I suspect it was simply that it was harder to copy in those days - no media to record on, only live performances; no way to copy the scores easily, either copy out long-hand or expensive printing process. Today, we can rip a CD in minutes or copy the music files. We can also easily reproduce scores/music. > > What's wrong with that as a model for music today? Er, it's about 250 years out of date! R. _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
