The Music Industry’s New Extortion Scheme

Re:The Music Industry’s New Extortion Scheme by mhb on Friday March 28, 2008 @08:59AM (#148496)

_________ industry revenues will be a set size, regardless of the quality or type of _______ they release. Incentives to innovate will evaporate.

Yes. Fill in the blank - public education, health care, etc.

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Re:The Music Industry’s New Extortion Scheme by dejb on Friday March 28, 2008 @08:09PM (#148994)

There can still be competition within the industry though. All that is needed is a way to to determine how to best reward the industry participants for effectiveness. For music that could be some measure of the number of downloads/listens to each artist's piece of music.

I'm not sure this is the way to go. You could argue that innovation in 'non-measured' uses of music would be stifled. But within the framework there would be incentives.

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Re:The Music Industry’s New Extortion Scheme by run4yourlives on Friday March 28, 2008 @12:36PM (#148627)

To be fair, 99% of the time I'm not looking for innovation in my hospital stay.

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Re:The Music Industry’s New Extortion Scheme by mhb on Friday March 28, 2008 @01:33PM (#148677)

If the blood-letting is still working for you, then, by all means, stick with it.

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Re:The Music Industry’s New Extortion Scheme by ivankirigin on Friday March 28, 2008 @02:02PM (#148714)

Indeed. Health care, over a long enough time line, becomes the area in most urgent need of innovation.

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Re:The Music Industry’s New Extortion Scheme by run4yourlives on Friday March 28, 2008 @02:32PM (#148742)

There's a difference between being stagnant and being a guinea pig though.

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Re:The Music Industry’s New Extortion Scheme by mhb on Friday March 28, 2008 @02:34PM (#148744)

As there is between a serious concern and a straw man.

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