4 ms·

Artists and Media companies know that music copyright is impossible to enforce, and they do not build their business around selling of music content. In China,

Artists and Media companies know that music copyright is impossible to enforce, and they do not build their business around selling of music content. In China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, no one buys CDs, but people spend a ton on consumer goods that are schilled by these artists, and also a ton on concerts to watch them perform live. US record labels need to wake up and figure out how to build real businesses around artists not tied to selling music.

w1ntermute 14y ago
> In China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, no one buys CDs What are you talking about? This might be true for the other countries, but it is most definitely not true for Japan, as I explained in this post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4903236 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4903236