Created knowledge should be treated as a gift to all humanity. You can think of it as a guaranteed minimum intellectual wage for everyone. The only kind I can get behind.
Discussion
This means that art can only be funded through patronage
Yes, and that works fine. Consensual transactions only.
It works as long as there is a patron with the same voice as the artist. Also, the artist would say that enjoying their works without any compensation isn't consensual. I'm not an artist, but the argument seems to have merit. I think the question is for how long: a year? Five years? Certainly the current life + 70 is absurd
Yeah, but people will still buy art. They want the physical things. NFTs will sell. Doesn't matter if you right-click-save.