Why, because you have one moralistic view of the world and want to impose it on the rest of the world regardless of the views of anyone else.
You beleive in 'art for art's sake'. That is a noble beleive.
However, the person who has the moral right of choice in this matter is the artist.
The means to publish text/graphical based material on the net has existed for a decade. The means for audio material has existed for 4 - 5 years and video is becoming viable. Therefore, any artist who wishes to publish their creations in an Open Source paradigm can do so (with a few caveats hanging over from previously extant deals). Just think how many publishing deals have been done in that time!
If you believed what you preach - you would stick to the works that have been published freely, rather than demanding the god given right to steal goods from artist who have chosen to disagree with you.
I say, stick to Marx and put the means of production (or the choice anyway) in the hands of the workers (the artist) rather than the exploiter (you).
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You, my good man, are a fascist.
Why, because you have one moralistic view of the world and want to impose it on the rest of the world regardless of the views of anyone else.
You beleive in 'art for art's sake'. That is a noble beleive.
However, the person who has the moral right of choice in this matter is the artist.
The means to publish text/graphical based material on the net has existed for a decade. The means for audio material has existed for 4 - 5 years and video is becoming viable. Therefore, any artist who wishes to publish their creations in an Open Source paradigm can do so (with a few caveats hanging over from previously extant deals). Just think how many publishing deals have been done in that time!
If you believed what you preach - you would stick to the works that have been published freely, rather than demanding the god given right to steal goods from artist who have chosen to disagree with you.
I say, stick to Marx and put the means of production (or the choice anyway) in the hands of the workers (the artist) rather than the exploiter (you).