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> If a large enough group of people start raising awareness and refusing to release their work for peanuts we'll see a shift in the market price towards more re
by crucini 13y ago
> If a large enough group of people start raising awareness and refusing to release their work for peanuts we'll see a shift in the market price towards more realistic numbers.
This is always the dream of the producer whose output is "underpriced", whether he's a laborer or capitalist.
"If we all band together and restrict supply, we can force prices up." But if someone breaks rank, our cartel collapses.
There have been at least temporary successes: trade unions, the Steel Trust, OPEC.