Steve Albini: The Music Industry Is a Parasite -- and Copyright Is Dead

journovampire sends word of another thought-provoking rant from Steve Albini (mentioned here last a few years back for his paean to the beauty of analog tape for recording): The veteran producer addressed an audience in Barcelona on Saturday: "The old copyright model – the person who creates something owns it and anyone else that wants to use it or see it has to pay them – has expired."

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Re: Yes, but because

[ckatko]

They should have gotten degrees in gender studies. At least inbetween serving coffee, they'd still get plenty of national news attention as well as a spotlight on Slashdot every week.