Thursday, November 10, 2011
Two Wrongs Do Not Make a Copyright
It is a little hypocritical for music producers to complain about losing money through file sharing because the same technology decreases the cost of producing music. However, this isn't justification for file sharing. I do think that consumers should receive some of the benefit that music is cheaper to produce now than ever i.e. it should cost less to buy an album today than it was 20 years ago. If we don't pay at all, the cost of producing music won't be worth the reward. This will lead to musicians leaving the market and consumers will not get what they want in the end.
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Pretty solid look at things, I agree it doesn't cost very much at all to copy music now.
ReplyDeletePeople who are already making money tend to be conservative, since they have more to lose. What they may not realize is that there are new ways of making money--I think Apple's iTunes is doing pretty well at that. So instead of complaining, they should be looking for how to make new, profitable products.
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