Should songwriters and composers work for free?

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Some people seem to think that songwriters and composers should create music for free and support themselves by selling merch. But why are songwriters and composers the only people expected to work for nothing?

CREDITS
The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/apr/20/london-charity-concert-told-to-pay-1000-in-embarrassing-copyright-row
Cadogan Hall - Edwardx CC BY-SA 4.0
Earl Okin - Drfizzy CC BY-SA 4.0
Anja Romer, Sans Souci, Grace Gillespie, Rhumba Club - Help Musicians Annual Report 2022
Rainer Hersch - M C Craik CC BY-SA 2.0
Help Musicians Annual Report 2022
Earl Okin 'My Room' https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=earl+okin+my+room - Clip source seems to be The Footy Show - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Footy_Show_(rugby_league)

NOTE
The Annual Report is dated 2021 on the cover and was released in 2022. The filename of the PDF version of the report includes the year 2022.
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