Because a gifted artist could compose and arrange a great song in... say 20 minutes during a rush of inspiration.. Would make a nice salary/hour.:)
But really, hourly rates apply in live music, and for session and orchestral musicians and so on.
So your analogy is false... a plumber can be compared to an orchestral violinist or a session drummer, and the composer/songwriter to the company that produced the toilet.
Don't forget that "music royalties" apply also in patents, (software) technologies and so on. Should inventors be paid according to how much time they spent inventing?:)
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Because a gifted artist could compose and arrange a great song in... say 20 minutes during a rush of inspiration.. Would make a nice salary/hour. :)
:)
But really, hourly rates apply in live music, and for session and orchestral musicians and so on.
So your analogy is false... a plumber can be compared to an orchestral violinist or a session drummer, and the composer/songwriter to the company that produced the toilet.
Don't forget that "music royalties" apply also in patents, (software) technologies and so on. Should inventors be paid according to how much time they spent inventing?