So, looks like the experiment was a success

[LynnInDenver]

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In other words it's about outright robbery?

Wouldn't surprise me one bit, except that it's legal.

In a sense, yes. Definitely with the RIAA and MPAA, it is about "you want something other than a tiny tiny local audience, we want you to have to sign yourselves over to us."This is, literally, the biggest threat they do face from the internet... we are no longer dependent on them to "make it" in terms of gaining an international audience. The incredible ease of copying (let's face it, digital distribution is a quantum leap compared to all advances before, perhaps even all advances before put together) makes it incredibly easy and cheap to reach people anywhere with your content, as long as they have an internet connection, with no worries about producing, tracking, shipping, and reproducing inventory.
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