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This seems only slightly less moronic than the tariffs that the Australian government put on foreign books, to encourage domestic writing.
by supernova87a 5y ago
This seems only slightly less moronic than the tariffs that the Australian government put on foreign books, to encourage domestic writing.
- Daishiman 5y agoIt is very different. A specific subsidy/promotion is very different from a broad punitive tax. I've a lot of friends who are professional DJs and musicologists/music historians. The reality is that most people will listen whatever is a hit on the radio, TV, or Spotify, which means that any underground cultural scene that wants to make it big has to appeal to the big US/UK/EU markets. If you want a thriving local music scene that doesn't just copy whatever gets played in London/Berlin/LA you have to do these sorts of things.