Hi music lovers,

I’m a sophomore student, conducting a research project on the value of music. While music is not a physical object that can be tangibly owned like a fine art piece, I am still curious to know how much you would be willing to pay for a piece of music if you could. Of course, it will vary depending on your personal taste as to which artists or genres you like, but I’m hoping to get a general sense of what people think. If you have a few minutes, please take a look at the link below and leave a response. Your feedback would be greatly appreciated.

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Thanks in advance!

  • elesteOP
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    9 months ago

    Your opinion is so precious that I can gain a lot of insight from it. However, I want to insist that, because of the inherited nature of music as a digital file, it cannot be owned by someone solely as we do in painting. I want to know how much you would pay if you could own a piece of music solely. I think you already understood and answered my question quite well. So it would be my pleasure if you kept asking me questions if you have any remaining ones.

    • apis@beehaw.org
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      9 months ago

      Solely? As in being the only person to own a digital copy?

      I’d have zero interest in possessing such a thing, and would go as far as boycotting any record company or artist that began to go down that route.

      With two exceptions: if a friend gifted me some music which they did not wish to be released, or if someone asked me to guard their intellectual property in the event of becoming incapacitated themselves.