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Wait. This is YCombinator right? Why on earth does no-one create a startup to make buying digital copies easier wherever you live? Why is that so hard?
by oemera 15y ago
Wait. This is YCombinator right? Why on earth does no-one create a startup to make buying digital copies easier wherever you live? Why is that so hard?
- _delirium 15y agoIt's actually part of #1 on YCombinator's list of ideas they'd like to fund: http://ycombinator.com/ideas.html http://ycombinator.com/ideas.html But it's a tricky problem, because of the heavy involvement of intellectual-property laws and tangled webs of existing licensing arrangements (defended by large incumbent players with large legal teams).
- hboon 15y agoBusiness development and licensing efforts.
- tomjen3 15y agoBecause it is an artificial problem (created by rent seekers) not a technical problem. Artificial problems are murderously difficult to crack and often disappears when the underlying technology shifts.
- smackfu 15y agoStep 1: Get worldwide rights to desirable content. No one has ever gotten past step one.