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So instead of adapting to music streaming, the German music industry has developed a new business plan: demand compensation from the government for "lost profit

• toyg 14y ago
  The RIAA is paying attention, but this would never fly in the Land of the Free: it's a "social market economy" approach. Personally, I'm thorn: if this would mean the MAFIAA boys drop their guns forever, I'd be almost happy to have it. Unfortunately, they'd never do that, they'd just keep gunning on top of collecting their racket money.
  • _delirium 14y ago
    We already have a tax like this in the U.S. on blank CDs and cassettes, passed in 1992. Despite the rhetoric, the U.S. is not really against "social market" type policies in general. If I'm being cynical, my take is that socialism is only unpopular when it might help anyone poor. :)
    • toyg 14y ago
      blank CDs are one thing, SSD memory quite another.