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Re: 20 Years of TLC's Frustration with "LEGOS"
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Mon, 26 Mar 2001 20:20:37 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Frank Filz writes:
> Of course my point was that the music that the masses listens to WILL be
> free. The only question then is how the artists feed themselves. Some
> will do so by having another job. Others will be supported by rich
> patrons. I also feel that there will be a very small amount of art which
> is only available to a very tight circle of folks.
8^) There are some who would argue that music for the masses is already
free in the form of radio and Napster, but of course the unlicensed
redistribution of such music is an breach of copyright.
Your supposition of patrons is interesting and nostalgic, but I wonder
what sort of return these patrons would expect for their investments. Some
might possibly be sufficiently rewarded by the music/musicians themselves,
but others might seek other revenues (to wit, your point below...)
> Actually, there is another source of income. Concerts will always be
> attractive. I don't think we will EVER lose our fascination with real
> physical presence.
Yeah, that's something I'd overlooked. I tend to think of these things in
terms of "how would that translate to book publishing," but that's not
always sound. It's often nice to attend an author's live reading of a work,
but that author's "voice" isn't necessarily vital to the text, so the two
can be separated more easily than a singer's voice from that singer's song.
> Another aspect of this of course is that I don't forsee model building ever
> being eliminated, even if computer simulations become nearly perfect. Even if
> we reach a point where we have so completely understood the brains function
> that we can create virtual content which is indistinguishable from the real
> thing, a certain number of people will still revel in actually doing the real
> thing
I agree; ultimately we're a hands-on species, even if the nature of
"hands-on" has changed over the centuries. I think again of books, and the
likelihood that paper-based publishing will persist for quite some time
despite the rise of eBooks et al.
> (that's an interesting thing, what happens to society when we reach that
> point? It may depend on the actual resources necessary to produce the
> simulations).
That's another fun point to ponder. I suppose this will occur (insofar as
it does occur) on a generational basis, gradually moving society as a whole
(or at least that part of it able to access the simulations) into a less
"real" environment. I guess we'll see...
Dave!
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