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It seems like you could easily step into a huge spider web of having to ensure that everything uploaded to be sold is legitimate and not restricted by other cop
by latortuga 18y ago
It seems like you could easily step into a huge spider web of having to ensure that everything uploaded to be sold is legitimate and not restricted by other copyright holders.
- grandalf 18y agothis is a very good point.. also, one purpose of the "gatekeeper" is to ensure a very minimal level of quality... not the best approach but one that is used often in retail... exceptions are sites like youtube and zazzle...
- gills 18y agoQuality is important if you are the gatekeeper trying to sell other people's music. But if I am an artist, and I record something that everyone thinks sucks, so what? The only consequence is a low rank in the aggregators, just like low-quality submissions here on HN.
- grandalf 18y agoWell there is the "cost" of having an unwanted item clutter up the aggregator (or store, etc.). Things like collaborative filtering help with this, but are still (shockingly, really) not used, even by HN.
- gills 18y agoIt sounded like his solution was the idea of the sampled-down rss-esque feed, with the only purchasing taking place through the artist's own paypal-or-whatever basket. The feed protocol needs to have some sort of cryptographic audit trail so that users can always reach the artist's sales page, and the artist can inspect, if necessary, where and how the distribution is flowing.