Senor Barborito wrote:

I don't believe that thoughts and ideas should ever be used to extort money. Goods and services, yes, but that's it. That's something tangible you can hold onto. Our current system of 'intellectual property' already has destroyed art by reducing it to a commodity. That kind of spiritual death is far worse than any kind of economic benefit our current system provides. Music? Live performance. In real life that's where many artists make the bulk of their income, even blippier ones - by entertaining the patrons of whatever establishment your music fits the mood of, you've economically adopted a service model, and you're in much better shape.