Thanks for your input. The difference is that this solution comes from a formal study of file sharing users rather than from what the industry wants. If you don't like what it says, vote against it, but the point is to try and build support for a specific new solution rather than simply complaining about the status quo.
Everyone is talking about the problems.
I have written an article entitled The Open Music Model which proposes a solution.
It is based upon research I conducted at MIT last year. You can also vote on it at:
http://shumans.com/musicvote/
There are a number of problems with the suggestion. The most fundamental problem is that the way file sharing works right now, it would be impossible to figure out how much to pay each artist. Not to mention the legal implications -- do you really think that Internet companies in China are going to pay US artist's money? Do you really think that US Internet companies will pay Chinese artists money? I could go on and on. What would be next? Legalizing the online piracy of software and adding yet another tax to pay commercial software companies? They're right about one thing -- music has become a commodity information good, and it needs to be sold online in bundles rather than in individual units. An interesting study is being conducted at:
Slashdot Mirror
Whether or not AllofMP3.com is in the right, the RIAA strategy is clearly all wrong. http://link.shumans.com/?music
Thanks for your input. The difference is that this solution comes from a formal study of file sharing users rather than from what the industry wants. If you don't like what it says, vote against it, but the point is to try and build support for a specific new solution rather than simply complaining about the status quo.
Everyone is talking about the problems. I have written an article entitled The Open Music Model which proposes a solution. It is based upon research I conducted at MIT last year. You can also vote on it at: http://shumans.com/musicvote/
http://shumans.com/survey-music