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Sunday | October 11, 2026 | Dhaka

The Price of Plenty: How Easy Access is Eroding Art’s Value

 Entertainment Desk
 Published: 12:56 AM, 11 October 2026

Art and artistic forms are constantly evolving. There was a time when photography was a big deal, but with the passage of time, photographers are now everywhere.

Similarly, music has become excessively accessible today.

The situation is such that even if no new songs were created for the next 20 years, the songs already recorded around the world would be enough to keep people entertained without any shortage of music.

In the past, people had to buy albums to listen to music. Today, thanks to streaming, music is available completely free of charge.

And human nature is such that when people get something for free, both their attraction to it and their appreciation for it tend to decrease. — James