With rightsholders I mean exactly those big corporations who do nothing else but buy up copyrights to successful art.
I for example have never benefited from copyright, neither from GEMA (the German artist association for musicians) - 99% of payouts go to the rich and successful mainstream artists and „indie“ artists get nothing but are forced by law to pay in if they want to perform in public.
So yea I have little sympathy for artists who only work for corporations or are rich enough to afford lawyers to enforce their copyright.
The way I see it there exist 3 ways to make a living as an artist now:
- be rich trustfundkid and don’t care about money
- be „purist“ and just live from selling your art and be on the brink of starvation constantly
- get a „money“job and produce art in your spare time
Apparently there exists a huge population of artists who can make a living from working for corporations - but I have yet to meet one in real life. They are always brought up in these HN discussions but in my experience they don’t exist.
I for example have never benefited from copyright, neither from GEMA (the German artist association for musicians) - 99% of payouts go to the rich and successful mainstream artists and „indie“ artists get nothing but are forced by law to pay in if they want to perform in public.
So yea I have little sympathy for artists who only work for corporations or are rich enough to afford lawyers to enforce their copyright.
The way I see it there exist 3 ways to make a living as an artist now: - be rich trustfundkid and don’t care about money - be „purist“ and just live from selling your art and be on the brink of starvation constantly - get a „money“job and produce art in your spare time
Apparently there exists a huge population of artists who can make a living from working for corporations - but I have yet to meet one in real life. They are always brought up in these HN discussions but in my experience they don’t exist.