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> Not in my experience, people usually either just use the free version or use a youtube to mp3 converter and keep that version. Consider that your experience

> Not in my experience, people usually either just use the free version or use a youtube to mp3 converter and keep that version. Consider that your experience may not be the norm. Spotify and apple music have a combined 170 million subscribers. Not to mention various other ways of consuming music by paying for it. > That's the point, you shouldn't be Then how do I make a living? > I prefer ameteur art and believe it has more societal value. And you're willing to decide that all of society must bow to your whims? Amateur artists are important, but almost by definition their products won't be as good as professional artists. They can't put in the same amount of practice. > Sure, but you still need brand recognition and you still can't create counterfeits Erm, why not? IP law is what prevents counter fitting. You've previously suggested that copying and reselling am artistic work is fine, so why couldn't I also copy and resell any other work or brand? What's to prevent me from sticking the Gucci logo on a purse? Currently the answer is IP law.

comex 7y ago
Personally I think it's unhelpful to group together copyrights, trademarks, and patents into the single term "IP". What prevents counterfeiting is trademark law, which is the most innocuous of the bunch; I haven't seen many cases where something I see as societally beneficial is stopped by trademarks. Copyrights and patents, on the other hand...
faissaloo 7y ago
>Consider that your experience may not be the norm. Spotify and apple music have a combined 170 million subscribers. Not to mention various other ways of consuming music by paying for it 170 million is a vanishingly small number. >Then how do I make a living? By doing something people are willing to pay you for. >And you're willing to decide that all of society must bow to your whims? Either ameteur artists get screwed or professional ones do, I value ameteur artists more ergo I sacrifice the professional. >You've previously suggested that copying and reselling am artistic work is fine, so why couldn't I also copy and resell any other work or brand? Reselling an artistic work is fine, claiming a product was made by someone it wasn't is lying to the consumer.

comex 7y ago

Personally I think it's unhelpful to group together copyrights, trademarks, and patents into the single term "IP". What prevents counterfeiting is trademark law, which is the most innocuous of the bunch; I haven't seen many cases where something I see as societally beneficial is stopped by trademarks. Copyrights and patents, on the other hand...

faissaloo 7y ago

>Consider that your experience may not be the norm. Spotify and apple music have a combined 170 million subscribers. Not to mention various other ways of consuming music by paying for it 170 million is a vanishingly small number. >Then how do I make a living? By doing something people are willing to pay you for. >And you're willing to decide that all of society must bow to your whims? Either ameteur artists get screwed or professional ones do, I value ameteur artists more ergo I sacrifice the professional. >You've previously suggested that copying and reselling am artistic work is fine, so why couldn't I also copy and resell any other work or brand? Reselling an artistic work is fine, claiming a product was made by someone it wasn't is lying to the consumer.