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Why Starting a Legal Online Music Vendor Is Tough

Posted by Soulskill on from the all-about-the-benjamins dept.

Hodejo1 writes "Former MP3.com CEO Michael Robertson offers commentary at The Register saying any attempts to build a sanctioned digital music site today is doomed from the outset. 'The internet companies I talk to don't mind giving some direct benefit to music companies. What torpedoes that possibility is the big financial requests from labels for "past infringement," plus a hefty fee for future usage. Any company agreeing to these demands is signing their own financial death sentence. The root cause is not the labels — chances are if you were running a label you would make the same demands, since the law permits it."

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  1. Re:Horsepucky. by stormguard2099 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've heard a lifetime supply of just bigmacs is only 9 days tops depending on how athletic you are.

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  2. Re:I tried and failed (to search on Google) by Mathinker · · Score: 3, Funny

    First, I'm not sure why you posted ... without checking on the contents of the post you replied to.

    Kind of hard to believe a Slashdot ID as low as yours has never seen that troll post before. Or are you some kind of "second-degree troll" who pretends to believe troll posts? Arrggh! My mind ties itself into pretzels thinking about the boasting conversation at a "fourth-degree troll" convention in the far future....

    OTOH, I admit there has been a decided lull (thank the FSM!) in the posting of that particular one, in recent months. Maybe you just have the blessing, in this case, of a short memory. Or got stranded on a desert island for the wrong period.