Beta. Actually, now I do not understand why that magic was even necessary?
Gamma. Why? Beta, what's come over you? How was that artist initially exposed? Remember, all the good stuff we just got! All the riches, the champagne pouring from the sky! If it were not for the magic, then there would be no publishers in a line, no money for the first sale, not the slightest interest in proudly putting on the cover "I sponsored this author!'' Nothing, Beta, nothing, just empty pockets!
Delta. ...Well, actually, if an artist is not known to the public, there is no way for him to get paid on any planet...
Alpha. How do they get rich then?
Beta. Frankly, I don't care how it happens here... By the way, I heard many times that only a handful of artists get considerable money. The great majority of them are starving artists, anyway.
Alpha. So? A talented one gets money, untalented - does not. What's wrong with that?
Delta. What's wrong with it is that it ain't true. As simple as that. My farther says that it is a rare coincidence when real talent gets real money.
Gamma. This is not the case on the Magic Planet! I am dying to learn, how Beta was going to provide the magic without magic!
Alpha. I'm not. All you fantasized before wouldn't work! And anyway, it's impossible.
Delta. Oh, that's clever. You do not want to hear what Beta is up to, because you think it wouldn't work?
Kappa. It is too early to judge. Beta, what was it, that you wanted to tell us?
Beta. Look, can you imagine that publishers and others, who want to use a work of art, are free to do so...
Delta. Like on the Magic Planet!
Kappa. Delta, do not interrupt, please! You'll never hear the answer!
Beta. OK, I'm continuing. Everybody is free to use it, but is obliged to attribute the work to its author...
Alpha. So?
Delta. Ah... The author gets exposed with every single use of his work...
Gamma. Hmm. Let me see... If artworks are not free to use, each publisher will have his own stack of books.
Teacher. Oh yes, that's true on our planet; publishers feel safe with their portfolios.
Gamma. Yeah, but if it's free to use by anyone, no publisher feels safe with his own portfolio and has to search continually for more good stuff...
Alpha. So?
Beta. So, any new work gets attention, no matter what!
Delta. Yes, yes! If it is really talented, there is always someone to grab it and show it off!
Kappa. Delta, get down off your desk, please. Why are you getting excited so easily?
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