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Re:How the EU may force all artists to use Youtube forever by polemic on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @07:32PM (#17922750)
Car makers support safety regulation because it further entrenches their position and increases barriers to entry.

That does not mean that safety regulations are wrong, or that they need to be rolled back in the name of innovation.

The mantra that any imposition on innovation is bad just does not hold true. There will be services that challenge YouTube's dominance, and there will be innovation in the copyright protection space to enable that.

You might believe that the increased cost to market entry is detrimental, but you have to actually explain why the inability for garage-startups to compete with YouTube is materially bad for artists, rather than taking it as an article of faith.

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Re:How the EU may force all artists to use Youtube forever by betterunix2 on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @08:12PM (#17922957)
Car makers were vehemently opposed to seatbelt requirements, and actually sent women after Ralph Nader in an attempt to discredit him when he was advocating for it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsafe_at_Any_Speed#Industry_r...

Auto makers are also far less vulnerable to being unseated by startups than tech companies, due to the capital intensive nature of their business and the maturity of their market.

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Re:How the EU may force all artists to use Youtube forever by binmanthrowaway on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @07:36PM (#17922772)
It is not that a website can run over people...
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