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Originally Posted by Frownland
Right.
I focused on cultures because the discussion is about cultural appropriation.
Ja pay the underdog Swift.
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Sure. But then it's not the notion of "cultural appropriation" really. The idea is just a general combo of:
(1) General ideas, not specific expressions, deserve compensation when they're capitalized on (which is a big can of worms even if we agree with copyright law, because provenance is so hard to establish)
combined with
(2) A general economic egalitarianism where there's a belief that (1) is a reasonable way to try to shoot for this.
It's not really a point about the ethics of cultural appropriation per se or about "ownership" relative to cultures, specifically, regardless of the financial situation involved. (For example, a lot of people who have a problem with cultural appropriation would have a problem with Taylor Swift exploiting Singaporean cultural tropes, even though Singapore is one of the wealthiest countries in the world.)