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Re:Copyrighting melodies to avoid accidental infringement [v... by dr_dshiv on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @02:52PM (#22302076)
It seems to me that our economy of attention, where consumption literally requires copying the product in our own brain, needs a better conceptual foundation.

Like, a tax designed to be distributed to creators according to market principles in a manner that supports a vibrant and robust media society.

And while it is easy to imagine versions of that post-scarcity media market that would not work well, I think we really need to consider the possibility that it's just a matter of the right design.

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Re:Copyrighting melodies to avoid accidental infringement [v... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @03:45PM (#22302643)
And perhaps also recognizing that we already are living on the edge of having a post-scarcity market in digital media, and that our real media market is one of those that do not work well. We don't have a best possible market, we have a random one we walked into via path dependence.
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