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Re:Lessons from Spotify by jxdxbx on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @11:27AM (#16537443)
> Perhaps the most interesting part about all this is that there was never (to my knowledge) such a thing as a store where you could rent records, tapes, or CDs -- Blockbuster for music.

That is because it is illegal. 17 U.S.C. § 109(b).

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Re:Lessons from Spotify by snark42 on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @02:11PM (#16538928)
> That is because it is illegal. 17 U.S.C. § 109(b).

It seems one could start a private non-profit library whose purpose is teaching about music history that rents CDs and promotes musical performances. I could call it "Musicbuster" perhaps. I'm assuming no one has done this because there isn't really a market for it? Or is that not a clear and easily exploited loophole in law?

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Re:Lessons from Spotify by dragonwriter on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @02:15PM (#16538959)
> It seems one could start a private non-profit library whose purpose is teaching about music history that rents CDs and promotes musical performances. I could call it "Musicbuster" perhaps. I'm assuming no one has done this because there isn't really a market for it?

Even if there is a market for it, the nature of the legal limitation to a non-profit library is that the usual capitalist incentives for serving such a market are removed.

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Re:Lessons from Spotify by btian on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @02:56PM (#16539284)
Does the "computer program" not include games?

Because Redbox rents games

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