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Distribution is no longer a task that requires an industry to carry out. Just because at some point in the past you were able to sell a service that people nee
by fossuser 16y ago
Distribution is no longer a task that requires an industry to carry out. Just because at some point in the past you were able to sell a service that people needed doesn't guarantee that service will always be a viable revenue stream. The record companies are still useful for promotion, but not too much else. Trying to keep an old business model around through litigation when there is no need for it, simply because it was profitable at one point, is a waste of time.
- slantyyz 16y agoThe problem has less to do with the companies than it does with us. As Eric Schmidt said in his Atlantic interview, 70% of the laws are written by lobbyists. The masses clearly aren't outraged enough by this process, and industries with decrepit business models get away with using the legal system to protect themselves. If people came out for fairer copyright laws in the same numbers that the Tea Partyers do, don't you think some politicians would take heed?