Musicians used to make music and share it with the world without compensation. Where did the digression occur?
Why all the greed?
Ford and Mercedes developed the auto at the same time in different parts of the world, does either of them get paid for a Mazda sold today? no...
comments?
2007-12-31 04:46:35 · 6 answers · asked by Mud 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
Only on the etheric plane. In a hypermaterialistic culture, everything is about buying and selling and profit. And the role models are usually narcissist sociopaths, or worse.
That this culture could be viewed by anyone as relentlesssly dysfunctional comes as a huge shock to the well programmed sheep.
Fortunately? some people still have the wit and eyes to see what's really going on :))
2007-12-31 16:25:21 · answer #1 · answered by drakke1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Philosophy teachers of the west used to be unpaid. One was only able to be a teacher or a student if you were already rich. The conversion happened around the bugioasi movement.
The greed came from there being free acces to knowledge, once that happened the poor was able to be educated and be educators just as were the rich. For them to continue to be teachers they had to get paid because they had to eat. It immediatley jumped into the world of supply and demand..
2007-12-31 13:48:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it exists.
If you created something and it was worth millions of dollars, would you want it stealing by some scumbag so that HE got the money? No - of course you wouldn't.
If you created a format or standard that the rest of the world adopted, you'd want to see a bit of a return on it. Its just natural.
A much bigger worry nowadays, is patenting and copyright of actual concepts. Someone has a good idea, I implement it and grow a worldwide audience, then they turn around with their half finished implementation, say I stole the idea, and feel they deserve to be handed my market on a plate.
If the idea was truly unique, wasn't already being pursued by several other companies, and held an element of genuine invention then I'd understand. But those seeking to cement ideas and concepts as their own by simply trying to predict how the next big development will hang together are out of line.
2007-12-31 12:58:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If Mercedes had tried to develop the auto in the US, it would have been protected by one or more patents...FOR A LIMITED TIME. Once that time period was up, Mercedes (and everyone else) was free to produce autos in the US.
When musicians made music and shared it with the world, they were well-compensated by their patrons. While not everyone would patronize the musicians, the upper class and rulers realized that that the musicians needed to be paid in order for them to continue creating music.
In our society today, the burden of compensating the musicians falls more equally amongst everyone listening to the music. I think this is extremely fair. I have a problem with people who think I or others should pay for THEIR fair share of things.
Why the greed? Because we are a capitalist society. Because the musicians want things, too. They want to drive cars, eat at restaurants, live in houses, etc. And all of those things require money. No one is giving the musicians stuff for free, so why should they give their music away for free?
OFF-TOPIC: LOL, David C....
2007-12-31 12:51:59 · answer #4 · answered by Scotty Doesnt Know 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry this is totally off topic but Mazda is owned by Ford, so they actually do get paid when a Mazda is sold.....
2007-12-31 12:51:37 · answer #5 · answered by David C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably when they had to start paying rent.
2007-12-31 12:49:25 · answer #6 · answered by deletemebitch 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋