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Originally Posted by petrucci
On the topic of musicians, although there are many musicians making a living today, there are many fewer than there were one hundred years ago, and back then the population was much smaller.
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Citation needed. Given the ease with which current technologies allow people to produce music, the increased population of the earth and the fact that the world economy has increased, are you honestly saying that their are fewer people making music today than in 1912? Really? Really?!
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Originally Posted by petrucci
SteveEisenberg commented that the new books don't really compete with the old ones. To some extent I agree. This is why I mentioned competition spurring the change in genres a few posts back. However, increasingly people are finding old content that is relevant to their lives. This is evident in the popularity of jazz, classic movies, etc. Such content is readily available thanks to the electronic age. The new culture embraces content regardless of age. Books and movies increasingly make reference to old works. Family Guy is a case in point.
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I'm glad old books, and the ideas they contain, aren't being lost like they once were thanks to modern tech. However, I seriously doubt that the popularity and availability of public domain books is affecting sales of new books to any great extent; I suspect people are probably buying more books than ever, most of them new books.