My Song Got Played On Pandora 1 Million Times and All I Got Was $16.89

Re:My Song Got Played On Pandora 1 Million Times and All I G... by timberlane on Monday June 24, 2013 @05:49PM (#5935941)

I find it interesting that SV is normally in favor of capitalism and free markets, yet some seem tolerant of the government forcing content owners to license their content at a fixed price.

There is often more inovation in a space when the market participates are left to decide on their own what to do.

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Re:My Song Got Played On Pandora 1 Million Times and All I G... by vidarh on Monday June 24, 2013 @07:39PM (#5936470)

Consider that a lot of us see the extent of current copyright restrictions as a massive overreach.

A totally "free market" in terms of intellectual property would be to totally remove copyright and other artificial IP restrictions, not one where IP owners have free reign.

As such, compulsory licensing is a way of reducing the impact of restrictions that would not have existed in the first place without government interference in the market.

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Re:My Song Got Played On Pandora 1 Million Times and All I G... by icebraining on Monday June 24, 2013 @07:20PM (#5936389)

Government is the one granting the licensing rights in the first place, so neither position (fixed or non-fixed price licensing) is in favor of free market capitalism.

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