The program paid artists on New York Indian reservations to create traditional arts.

While the company does not pay artists, it gives free samples.

With legendary stinginess, Salis found every excuse for not paying his staff, suppliers and artists.

And some of the 320 local Community Concert Associations have begun paying artists directly.

Napster allows users to share digital versions of songs and records with one another over the Internet free, without paying record companies or artists.

He paid artists to make many beautiful paintings and sculptures.

Some schools, for example, already have "artist in residence" programs that use private donations to pay artists to conduct classes.

Napster has said that service will be available in July and will pay artists and independent labels for the use of their work.

Both industries also claim that they don't need to pay artists because they are offering invaluable publicity.

Then, too, the Columbus family had other uses for its money than paying artists.