Globally, Almost Four Out of Ten Music Consumers Are Pirates

Re:Globally, Almost Four Out of Ten Music Consumers Are Pirates by gcb0 on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @10:56AM (#18185447)

I disagree completely. Exclusive content is not to protect against netflix becoming a monopoly. it is for the studio to try to be the monopoly!

if your content has a price in the open, streaming platforms can then compete on price/quality to end user. instead, today, they compete 100% on exclusives.

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Re:Globally, Almost Four Out of Ten Music Consumers Are Pirates by wild_preference on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @11:31AM (#18185800)

I don't understand what you're disagreeing with.

> streaming platforms can then compete

It seems fragmentation is part of your premise rather than something you're disagreeing about.

The post your replied to explained why there's fragmentation: one winner takes it all if you let it.

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Re:Globally, Almost Four Out of Ten Music Consumers Are Pirates by TeMPOraL on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @11:35AM (#18185839)

Music and movies are not substitute goods. Ignoring piracy, if you have an exclusive on some content, the fans of that content will come to you instead of choosing some other work to consume.

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Re:Globally, Almost Four Out of Ten Music Consumers Are Pirates by Vendan on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @12:34PM (#18186461)

Movies yeah, but music is totally a substitute good to me. If you aren't on Spotify, I'll listen to something else...

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