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The music industry always relied on intellectual property legislation, as do lots of businesses - including the automotive industry that replaced horsed-drawn t
by rsheridan6 16y ago
The music industry always relied on intellectual property legislation, as do lots of businesses - including the automotive industry that replaced horsed-drawn trailers (they had and still have lots of patents). It's just not being enforced now.
More generally, all businesses rely on legislation to keep their property from being stolen, whether that property is intellectual or physical. If those laws were widely ignored, it would be hard to do any kind of business.
- baddox 16y agoNot true. The music industry used to rely on the fact that only a large conglomeration like themselves could afford to print vinyls, cassettes, and compact discs as well as distribute them nationally and internationally. The Information Age has changed that, and their only hope for remaining solvent (other than actually adapting their business model like most other businesses) is to lobby governments and harass downloaders. Also, you should really read up on copyright infringement legislation—it's absolutely nothing like theft. It's a completely separate legal notion.