[kj] OT'ish - Alternative Music Biz Models

[Brendan Quinn]

Sounds like an economist's warped idea about how the marketplace should
work. 

 

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of sade1
Sent: Wednesday, 22 April 2009 07:04
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: [kj] OT'ish - Alternative Music Biz Models

 

This is more of a music biz question...

 

    Everyone knows how the music biz is desperately trying t ostay afloat
(even Jaz has mentioned what sounds like alternative business models). 

   So has anyone heard or read anything about "tax credits" as an
alternative for funding music/art/movies/etc.? 

 

(the following is written by an economist and I am trying to find 

 more music biz-centric comments or articles about alternatives)

 

"It is easy to envision mechanisms to expand support for creative and
artistic work outside the copyright regime. For example, it would be
possible to design a modest tax credit for individuals who either support
creative work directly or contribute to organizations that support such
work. The credit could be modeled after the tax deduction for nonprofits or
charities. Even a modest tax credit (e.g., $100 per person) - which
taxpayers could allocate to an artist, writer, musician, or film producer of
their choice - would likely be sufficient to fund almost all of the work
currently supported by the copyright system."

 

 ~~ Dean Baker http://www.truthout.org/010809K

 

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