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The influence of Internet on the music industry
May 3, 2007
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LatentE said on May 4, 2007 @ 1:51 p.m.:
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| In 1998 the Internet did indeed look as if it would be the great equalizer but the business world has responded since then with full force. Right now royalty rates on Internet radio are about to be imposed that would effectively kill it as the major venue that it is for small independent musicians. Also, regarding recent events in "Internet neutrality," the telecom companies and major Internet service providers are trying to ensure that they can control the band width of web sites and web communications, effectively controlling the Internet and ensuring that they in turn will be able to collect tolls as they see fit. This will include the ability to dominate any form of Internet communication that should become popular in the future. The Internet is becoming another toll road with major corporate toll collectors. Couple that with the "big brother" aspect of pervasive record keeping by these companies on all personal activities that happen over the web, with direct communication with governments, and the web doesn't look anything like the enabler of individual freedom that it did in 1998.
Did you know that writing out this number to its full 16 segment extent is a crime?
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 ...
That's thanks to the current state of copyright laws and their goal of centralized control of common culture.
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