Author Charles Murray has argued that museums actually inhibit rather than foster the appreciation of art. He points out that the technology exists to make essentially "perfect" copies of any major art work that even the best-trained artistic eye could not differentiate from the original.
a. What would the introduction of this technology do to art museums?
b. If that is true, why do you believe that the technology is not used?
c. How are reproductions of music symphonies handled legally?
d. What would the prohibition of making recordings of music performances do to the demand for musicians and for symphony halls?
e. Why are music symphonies handled differently from art?