"And no one in Northern California addressed this issue, or led a charge to start paying for content." Netflix? iTunes? Amazon? Hulu? Once a cheap, frictionle

"And no one in Northern California addressed this issue, or led a charge to start paying for content." Netflix? iTunes? Amazon? Hulu? Once a cheap, frictionless, legal method is available then most people are happy to pay for content. Netflix, for me, is "better than free" as it cuts out the hassle, time and legal risk involved with less legitimate methods of downloading. There's plenty of precedent for companies who try to do this, but the labels and studios are doing their best to make it as difficult as possible to innovate in this space. Doesn't Ycombinator actively dissuade music-related startups because licensing is essentially impossible for smaller companies? Sure I remember reading that on their site recently.