"Security" to some, "Profit" to others, but "Sellout" to...?
Wired 13.04: Paint by NumbersHere's a conversation piece: the Artist Pension Trust. Investors assemble together artists who want a pension later in life. Artists contribute artwork to the trust. The trust sells off the art gradually, netting big profits (if they do their job right). The money is shared between the investors and all the artists, no matter which artist(s) hit the big time.
Oh, if I was unclear at the beginning: it exists already and has competitors.
It's a strange, workable mix of capitalism and communism. Still, there's an unsettling undercurrent to the idea...
* Ray, 3/25/2005 03:24:20 PM
