@semantric Ok but we have literally no replacement for it
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@semantric I love the idea of some kind of
#fullcommunism support for all artists w/o IP involved but I don't see it happeningThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@semantric Maybe if Patreon-style patronage takes off but that's got growing pains & its own problems
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@semantric I would absolutely not tell someone who's getting royalties "Get a Patreon instead" it'd be the shittiest advice
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@semantric But royalty income is legally guaranteed -- Patreon backers can desert you in an instant if they want
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@semantric Ok and the pure voluntarism of patronage plugs into the same concept. It's seen as "charity", it can be withdrawn at whim
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@semantric Trichordist's argument, which I couldn't refute, is that the status quo is just as capitalist as the olden days
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@semantric Google, Spotify, Pandora, Apple - all just as mercenary as any record label ever was
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@semantric But the structural shift between now and the olden days has, like most such shifts, taken what little power the artists had away
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@semantric The per-click economy is far more brutal and cutthroat and polarized than the per-album economy
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