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The solution to corporate censorship is not to take away corporate speech. It is to enable competition against corporations that are too powerful. For example,
by smt88 5y ago
The solution to corporate censorship is not to take away corporate speech. It is to enable competition against corporations that are too powerful.
For example, Spotify doesn't have startup competitors because it's so difficult to get legal rights to streaming. The government could require that music owners of significant size publish prices for streaming rights and apply those prices equally to any streaming service.
- finite_jest 5y agoSure, that's one solution and an interesting suggestion. In this particular case, however, we can also cheer for Spotify and JRE. I think Spotify is doing the right thing in this particular case (though probably not because of some principled commitment to free expression, but merely for the sake of the bottom-line).