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| question Why doesn't Rhapsody (and iTunes and all the others) have access to "everything" already?
Why do they constantly take things away?
Why don't these labels already give the existing legal services access to everything? Sure, some artists don't want their tunes online (the Beatles come to mind), but it's already too late - I'm sure their music is "shared" anyway.
What would the "music industry" do about such cases?
I'd bet they still sue people, even with this proposed system in place...
They missed this opportunity years ago when they decided to fight Napster. They could easily have compromised somehow with those people and I'd bet MOST users of that service would gladly have signed up for a small fee. Sure, some would not go along with it, but I'd venture to say a vast majority of "ordinary" users (who then jumped to Kazaa, Limewire, bit-torrent, etc. etc. etc.) would have simply punched their VISA numbers in and kept downloading away and sharing all their tunes.
At this stage, what would be the benefit of going with such a system like this when the legal services are already being shafted?
Also, what about other such systems? Are we to expect a proposal for video too? When would it stop? How many extra fees would there be? Internet bill - $45, music bill $15 (already paying for Rhapsody!) - movie bill $10 (already paying for Netflix) = $70/month that I'm currently paying... add another $10 here, another $10 there, wtf?
Again, why doesn't Netflix, or iTunes, or whoever already have everything online? Why can't I log into Netflix and push play on anything I want? Why the crappy selection?
If anything online movies are far worse off now compared to music as far as selection goes.
Would such services proposed really let you do anything you wanted?
What about independent artists? Would I be able to opt-in to such a service as easily or more easily than the current system if I wanted my cut from buyers?
Heck, if this is really to be proposed, are we talking about knocking out ALL currently existing legal services for one big mountain of peer-to-peer sharing that would then become the de-facto standard for all internet media?
Who would control such a thing? How could they? What assurances would anyone have that any of that money would ever go directly to the original creator(s)?
Currently, I can sign up to have music sold with a variety of services that guarantee me a very large chunk, if not all monies paid for my music. Would this system do the same thing? Would an indie movie maker, for example, be able to do the same thing? |
