[Fmpro] Turning Down Work

[Fernando Rivas]

> 
> It's very exasperating to have pleaded with composers not to give up
> their rights over the past 4 decades, watch as composers give up those
> hard fought for rights, then bleat when they come unstuck.
> 
> When someone lets a right slide away, it effect us ALL.

Well put. No one defines the market better than those who are selling their
services.  When those who provide the service choose to sell cheap or give
away their work the whole market is devalued.  What is curious in this
situation is that young writers and sometimes experienced writers feel that
if they put their work out there others will notice, that a shot at
something, even when it is not properly remunerated, will get them noticed,
will get them more work.  It is a lot like what film or stage actors go
through. The result is a large labor pool which is eager to work for next to
nothing and a small group of successful professionals getting most of the
truly 'high end' work.  It is a real Darwinist scenario fully exploited by
those who have no talent themselves but who can exploit the fruits of the
talent of others for their own financial success.  In this scenario it is
the parasite who thrives, not the host.