Charlie Stross on Nostr: It's astonishing to me how the billionaires of today have forgotten the patronage ...
It's astonishing to me how the billionaires of today have forgotten the patronage model of support for the arts that their pre-20th century antecedents developed. And failed to realize how modern copyright law would enable them to could turn it into a combination of tax write-off (near term charitable donations) and capital investment scheme (long term acquisition of fine art) while also supporting the arts along the way (good publicity).
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