Re:Spotify Hit with $150M Class Action Over Unpaid Royalties
by narrator on Tuesday December 29, 2015 @04:46PM
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I listen to a lot of music off the Ektoplazm (http://www.ektoplazm.com/) label. It's not all great, but I like about 20% to 30% of and maybe 10% is excellent. It's all released free under a creative commons license. I don't even know what pop music is these days since I don't watch TV or listen to the radio.
Music, like a long distance telephone call, is basically free now. Technology has made these things incredibly cheap and the people who used to make money off this stuff have to find ways to restrict the supply using lobbying and lawsuits in order to make a profit. I think other industries are allowed to die a quicker death because they aren't so tied into the big media companies which have a lot of political power.
Music, like a long distance telephone call, is basically free now. Technology has made these things incredibly cheap and the people who used to make money off this stuff have to find ways to restrict the supply using lobbying and lawsuits in order to make a profit. I think other industries are allowed to die a quicker death because they aren't so tied into the big media companies which have a lot of political power.