A reader drew my attention to the fact that an essential point was missing from my post Listening to music should be free: the clarification of the concept of value in relation to music, or more generally: art. I would like to address this in this post.
This is not intended to be an incentive to illegally obtain music! This is about my opinion on why I don't find the monetization of just listening to music (at least digitally) very justifiable. It is understandable to me, but it doesn't feel (anymore?) like the "right way". Why?
As a freelance artist, sooner or later you will come to the point where you have to do something - in my opinion, something strange - like pricing licenses. In doing so, German copyright law (§31 UrhG) distinguishes between "simple or exclusive right". But what does that mean and how can you even calculate something like this?
I occasionally had short impulses on my official channels, Twitter, and Reddit to express my thoughts on political or similar topics. Especially Twitter and Facebook quickly lead to this because, in my opinion, they are becoming collectively more toxic. However, I often deleted such posts after a while. It just felt unprofessional and simply didn't belong to my job as a service provider.
Nevertheless, I consistently have the urge to organize my thoughts and make them public - even the thoughts which might not be related to my professional activity. After all, the profession of an artist also includes one's own personality to a certain extent. And I am just a curious little world improver. (;
Hi, I'm Manuel, a composer from Germany. But that's not the primary focus here. On this blog (implemented using Chyrp Lite - many thanks to the developers!) I want to share not only my professional aspects as an artist but also more personal, philosophical or whatever reasons or why - and possibly just express my opinions.