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Blame Capitalism. If one company weren't hoarding master copies of these works of art for the purposes of profit, then the world would have lost nothing in tha
by RIMR 7y ago
Blame Capitalism.
If one company weren't hoarding master copies of these works of art for the purposes of profit, then the world would have lost nothing in that fire.
If music were owned by the people, we would never risk a single point of failure wiping out musical heritage.
- tomdell 7y agoSure, if the people financed the creation of this music or purchased the masters, then they could own the masters too. Would you expect Apple to put its iPhones in the hands of the public for free and easy copying and distribution? Why do you think music should be any different?
- dang 7y agoPlease don't take HN threads into generic ideological flamewar. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html