Marcel Popescu[SMTP:mdpopescu@subdimension.com]
Regarding our recent thread on copyrights and artists who won't create anymore if they're not getting paid, has anyone ever played with the WinAmp plug-ins? Some of them are amazingly beautiful.
Now, are they upset that people copy them? On the contrary - some of them are accused of creating bogus accounts to boost the reputation of their plug-ins, or lower that of their best competitors. So much for "we won't create if we aren't paid" - and, again, I'm not talking Britney Spears or Picasso here, I'm talking beauty.
Mark
True, but I'll bet almost anything that none of the plugins were written by corporations expecting to get a return on their investment. Some forms of creation require little in the way of up-front investment. Others do. Consider movies. While some of the people involved get to do creative work that they love, many don't, and they all have to make a living somehow. Would the Key Grip, the Focus Puller, or the Greensmen be willing to do their work for the sheer creativity of it all? I don't think so. The principle shooting for the LOTR trilogy took over 18 months, in New Zealand. Do you think they did it (just) for love? Art forms which require large prior investments need some form of remuneration beyond egoboo. Otherwise, they just won't happen. Peter Trei