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The internet has transformed the world, but there are unintended consequences. Now that people expect everything on the internet to be free, what are the consequences? As the music industry collapses from the consequences of FREE, so too has journalism. What are the impacts on society when all culture becomes free? Find out who really is benefitting from the so-called free internet.
“Art belongs to the people.” Good idea, but who’s going to feed the artist?"
What happens, is that the artists are in a position where they can no longer live on their work. They have to worry about that. They need to become performers. That's another kind of work we do. I go out and play music. The big boom in performances is partly because of streaming, isn't it? We know, for example, that there are big rock and roll bands that will give their records away free. You just have to buy the ticket to the concert. The cost of the record is rather small compared to the price of the ticket. It's shifted around a little bit; they're still paying, but they're paying at the box office rather than at the record store. The money still will find its way.
Philip Glass on controlling your output and getting paid for what you make
"This is Lipsett’s truest gift. The ability to make us feel and see anew, and in doing so, illuminating and revealing the many mechanisms through which we usually choose to remind numb and blind."
Carolyne Weldon for NFB Blog;
Unusual and unsettling, Lipsett’s films are complex and tightly-wound. On the surface, or at first glimpse, all one experiences is chaos. The films appear disjointed, headache-inducing, even rambling. The visuals race from one thing to the next, and the sound doesn’t match.
But closer scrutiny reveals the depth and scope of Lipsett’s genius. Below the surface, things are moving. Things everyone stumbles upon once in a while: existential dread, unease, futility. Powerful feelings that most of us prefer to suppress and ignore.
Inside the Disturbed and Disturbing Collage Films of Avant-Garde Genius Arthur Lipsett
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