In article , Keith G
wrote:

How did the Music Industry (and Hollywood) ever manage to get the entire
world to play the 'Royalties Game'??

Why do 'artistes' expect to get paid over and over again for a job of
work they get/got paid for and which gets put into the Public Domain? A
builder can construct a ****ter for a busy market square and he'll get
paid for his work but he don't get a slice of every dump taken in it
for the next hundred years or whatever? IYSWIM...

My own response is similar to Iain's.

If you live in (and wish to participate in) a 'capitalist' 'free market'
model of economy/society, then any work that you wish to exploit may have
to be paid for, and if you work, it is reasonably for you to expect those
who benefit to pay *you* for.

'works' (be they musical, or written, or whatever) may be 'bought' by
someone. So someone might agree to pay me money as a one-off payment for
me to write something for them. If that is the agreement, then I would not
necessarily get any further payment if they make and sell many copies.

Bit like when a builder builds a crapper. You get paid for making it, then
you have no real financial connection with repeated use. :-)

OTOH the agreements may be that you 'sell' your work for a royalty in the
form of a fee anyone who wants to *use* the 'work' may be expected to pay.
This spreads the cost amongst the users.

Should anyone be *expected* to work for nothing? Be they a builder, or a
writer, or a composer/musician?

However, any of us may *choose* to 'work for nothing' in finantial terms.
I do that whenever I produce a webpage. If I'd wanted I could have spent
that time working on writing a book, or a paid article for a magazine.

Matter of choice on both sides. People may expect to be paid in exchange
for their work. People who want the benefit may have to pay for the work.
If you don't want this, then don't engage in the process and/or campagin
for a different sort of society/economy... :-)

Slainte,

Jim

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