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[robkelk]

I find your arguing somewhat disingenuous given your previous comments on the issue,

I don't know why, since it's based in the same premise as my previous comments.

A sculptor should get paid as much as they can negotiate to be paid. If they choose to work in ephemeral media, then unfortunately that means they're going to reduce their potential for getting paid for any given work in the future

But music is, by its very nature, ephemeral. It's only when recorded that it becomes as lasting as a sculpture.

A sculpture is something of a different case to a novel or song because it is a singular, physical object that can be possessed; the sculptor is always within their rights to retain the actual object in lieu of sufficient payment (unless they were contracted to make it, of course), whereas an author or singer cannot analogously do this except by never allowing the work to reach the public.

However, a sculpture can be used as a form around which a mold is made, and the mold used to mass-produce the sculpture. Likewise, a song can captured in a master recording, and the master recording used to mass-produce the song. (Yes, not every sculpture becomes a form for a mold, and not every song becomes a master recording for a record.) I don't see how this argument is even valid, let alone relevant.

No, I don't see why popularity makes a difference.

The RIAA would have us believe that more popular songs are worth more money, since they ask for damages based on number of downloads of a song.

I don't see whether it's relevent if it was recorded or not if the origin of the song is unambiguous.

Recording a song changes it from an ephemeral artwork to a lasting artwork, just as sculpting a statue in ice changes the statue from a lasting artwork to an ephemeral artwork. Allowing for this behaviour makes the two types of artistry more directly comparable.

Ultimately, my viewpoint is that the rights of the creators supersede that of the public.

Ah.

Why?

I do not see the need to further reward the public for doing nothing.

And I do not see the need to further reward the artists for doing nothing. They've been paid once already for that work. (Unless, as you pointed out, they chose to release their work into the public domain - but that's their choice.)
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Rob Kelk
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