[OSM-legal-talk] OT: artists and copyright (was Re: license change effect on un-tagged nodes)

[Andreas Perstinger]

Probably OT:

On 2011-07-07 02:25, John Smith wrote:
> How many painters die poor?
>
> What about famous composers?
>
> Economics became an issue much later.

So artists have a human right to be rich?

There are many reasons why painters or composers die poor (people don't 
like their work and don't buy it; they just can't afford their 
lifestyle; they signed the wrong contracts, ...).

Do you know this recent study about writers earnings in the UK and 
Germany[1]? What about this study from German historian Eckhard Hoeffner 
that shows that there was an explosion of publishing and knowledge in 
Germany in the 19th century because of lack of copyright laws?[2]

Bye, Andreas

1 http://www.cippm.org.uk/alcs_study.html
2 
http://blog.mises.org/14939/copyright-and-structure-of-authors%E2%80%99-earnings/