I think the difference is the opera singer is their own name and you can point to some parts or performances, but the songs belong to someone else. “Toxic” by Britney Spears is considered her song… even though it was written by other people, for example. Nobody thinks that Queen of the Night is Diana Damrau’s song.

And I get there’s a difference, because nobody think Beyonce’s version of “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” is anything but Elton John’s song regardless. But the line is so blurred amongst pop singers (as some write their own and some don’t) that credit seems falsely attributed often.

Basically, if you’re a songwriter/composer, you have songs. If you’re a singer, you have performances.

It would have been nice if they had done that with PS5s or concert tickets. It’s less about being forced to keep a crappy item and more about not artificially inflating prices on it (by buying out the stock and reselling).

It wasn’t just people making money, it was that the money changers and the temple were working together to fleece the devout who were coming from far away to show their faith.

It’s not like if somebody had a for-profit Cafe inside a church, it’s more like the televangelist that use other peoples’ devotion to get rich, saying you have to pay more and more to get into heaven.