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Everything falls into place if you think of the arguments as aimed at reducing resistance to the abolition of copyright rather than actually helping musicians.
by rectang 2y ago
Everything falls into place if you think of the arguments as aimed at reducing resistance to the abolition of copyright rather than actually helping musicians.
- AnthonyMouse 2y agoThe problem with existing copyright is it's written by record labels in order to screw customers and musicians instead of being written to screw record labels in favor of customers and musicians. You want something that makes it so a signed artist can't just do a cover of an independent artist's song, or use it in advertising, without paying. You don't want anti-circumvention laws that lock down consumer devices. But the laws do the latter -- which facilitates the monopolization of distribution -- and then artists de facto lose the former because once there's a cartel you're under pressure to sign with the record company and lose the rights to your music.