http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2011/12/cutting-up-art-in-the-age-of-electronic-reproduction/ Informed reflection on the events of the day Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.23 http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2011/12/cutting-up-art-in-the-age-of-electronic-reproduction/comment-page-1/#comment-21219 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:13:00 +0000 http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/?p=10024#comment-21219 The social wage argument is ideal, but I am afraid not on the near horizon. On the other hand, the need for artists and other creative people to have a living wage is pressing. Tax credits and relief is promising. But still how are my artists friends supposed to live?

]]> http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2011/12/cutting-up-art-in-the-age-of-electronic-reproduction/comment-page-1/#comment-21203 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:47:00 +0000 http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/?p=10024#comment-21203 There is the concept of “transformative appropriation,” which presumes that creators will do something new with sampled material. Dean Baker of Center for Economic Policy and Research has proposed an “Artistic Freedom Voucher” that would provide tax credits for creative production. In Ireland, artists pay no income tax. I would also say that it isn’t just artists who need to be paid. Everyone does. So a more equal distribution of common wealth, what some call the “social wage,” might make the whole question moot.

]]> http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/2011/12/cutting-up-art-in-the-age-of-electronic-reproduction/comment-page-1/#comment-21146 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:19:00 +0000 http://www.deliberatelyconsidered.com/?p=10024#comment-21146 I am broadly sympathetic with this post. But I do have a problem. It is all well and good to celebrate the culture of the commons, but how do cultural creators support themselves in its development. Artists, intellectuals, film makers, musicians need to be paid. If they can’t sell their work, how can they sustain their work, let alone themselves?

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