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bemildred

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11. I like public funding for the arts myself.

Reply to el_bryanto (Reply #7)

Thu Jan 2, 2014, 11:08 AM

Jan 2014

For thousands of years artists were dependent on the wealthy, or working for free, and they produced a lot of high-quality work. Now it's just another job, with tools like Laboeuf pontificating about it. Look at TV. Is that art?

And public funding for the arts in this country worked pretty well when we had it too.

But the real problems here began when big-money got involved and started pushing the limits. When the arts became about the big bucks, quality was bound to decline and fraud, theft, and abuse were bound to increase.

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"Authorship is Censorship" - Shia LeBeouf [View all] el_bryanto Jan 2014 OP

This is a fairly common argument among Free Culture types alcibiades_mystery Jan 2014 #1

It does go back and forth; you are right there el_bryanto Jan 2014 #2

No doubt...if the same case was being made by a "Poor Remix Artists Collective" or some such alcibiades_mystery Jan 2014 #5

agree, when your as loaded as LeBouf, you haven't got much of an argument. Katashi_itto Jan 2014 #6

Indiana Jones 4 disqualifies LeBeouf from issuing statements regarding the nature of art Orrex Jan 2014 #3

Not everyone agrees that copyright is a good thing. bemildred Jan 2014 #4

If we live in a capitalist society you have to figure out a way to reward the artist for creating el_bryanto Jan 2014 #7

I like public funding for the arts myself. bemildred Jan 2014 #11

I think a mixed approach works best el_bryanto Jan 2014 #12

It's not (just) about retaining financial interest ... frazzled Jan 2014 #15

I understand the arguments quite well. bemildred Jan 2014 #18

Agreed; however ... frazzled Jan 2014 #22

In 20 years they are going to be able to animate Shia LeBeouf Johonny Jan 2014 #8

If I were the author of this plagiarized work, I'd hope LeBeouf does very well with this script. Romulox Jan 2014 #9

Yeah that's an example - that was a very odd situation. nt el_bryanto Jan 2014 #10

Shia has earned many millions from his involvment in heavily protected intellectual Bluenorthwest Jan 2014 #13

+1 Tanuki Jan 2014 #17

Great point. Lex Jan 2014 #20

In the entertainment forums/blogs/groups JustAnotherGen Jan 2014 #14

Someone needs to "repurpose" his short film mainer Jan 2014 #16

Not much different than anarchy, Libertarianism, soverign rule, and extreme property rights. Baitball Blogger Jan 2014 #19

So if you title yourself "artist" you can steal things wholesale? El_Johns Jan 2014 #21

What a little shithead... joeybee12 Jan 2014 #23