Comment by komali2
4 days ago
> Instead of finding ways to improve the market such that the control of content isn't siloed in monopolistic corporations
I always assumed the "Anna" in the name was for "Anarchist." My assumption about the archive is that they don't believe there's an ethical solution to the restriction of access to data that involves a capitalist market.
I get your point but then let's not complains if creativity dies and things all look the same. Creative people don't have motivation to produce if they can't make a living out of it.
> Creative people don't have motivation to produce if they can't make a living out of it.
That is simply not true. Most artists do what they do without ever seeing any money for it.
Under the current system people can release everything they want as free use.
How much media that the average person choses to consume is this 'free use' media? How much is media that artists chose to make money from?
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fwiw, the vast majority of my working musician friends (who do also hold day jobs) would rather you pirate their music than stream it on spotify. they make basically all of their income from music via touring, streaming income might pay for a coffee or two a month.
> Creative people don't have motivation to produce if they can't make a living out of it.
I challenge you to ask 10 creative people in your life if they would stop doing whatever it is they do if they had a billion dollars.
The desire to create something does not seem like an immutable characteristic.
Would they do what they do if they had zero dollars?
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"I'm not a capitalist, I am a creativist... Capitalists make things to make money, I like to make money to make things." - Eddie Izzard
It's more about the viability of making any kind of living from one's creative work, not motivation to create. (Though for creative works with large upfront costs, eg films, ROI motivation is relevant for backers.)