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Lol - a market where people don't pay. Sounds like a great business to be in. It also doesn't sound like the people who are looking for someone to 'take advantage' of the good thing they've got.



The simple creation of a thing doesn't entitle the creator to payment. The music/movie/IP industry has an opportunity/problem. While they could limit supply, they could sustain a monopoly business model with high prices.

Now that there's a new, unlimited supply, the business model has to change. It's not that people won't pay for good content, it's that they won't pay for the same product anymore.

A quick thought experiment: People paid for CDs because they wanted access to music in their own homes. They paid for _access_. A new business model could continue to charge for the same product.

Access could include live streamed concerts, studio recordings, first-access downloads of new tracks, notifications of new bands similar to what you like, small, local, live performances, etc…

Scroll to the bottom here for a quick idea of what they _can_ charge for: http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-to-sell-news-on-we...

TL;DR It's not the consumer's fault that the industry can't make money on their product.




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