CAN CREATION BE INCENTIVIZED?

In the first class, professor Moglen posed that intellectual property rights and the underlying legal compensation mechanisms were unnecessary for the encouragement of artistic production. As I understand his position, creators would endeavor to create regardless of the incentive structure and monetary reward. This essay proposes that creative content lies on a spectrum of motivations, and that professor Moglen’s position applies only to one side of this spectrum (especially in the investment heavy business of filmmaking). This essay then explains how “economic potential” motivation provides non-artistic yet still valuable content, and that “economically motivated” projects can help develop the art of filmmaking.