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2 sats \ 2 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 5 Dec \ parent \ on: Music Has No Economic Value; Convince Me Otherwise (TDE, Joakim Book) BooksAndArticles
Since there are so many “pirates” (THEIR name, not mine) out there, digital music is almost free (you still have to invest your time into getting it). This is the problem with copyright in the digital age. Copyright was originally for a different purpose.
Agreed, and we pay Spotify etc for the tech and the convenience in giving us the songs we want when we want them.
They made a scarce service out of non-scarce foundations. That's their innovation, their value-add
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Any turd can make movies, cellphone cameras are ubiquitous, movies are not scarce, theaters are productizing delivery, that's their magic. movies have no economic value
^^ obviously this is an inaccurate statement. but it's functionally identical to your claim that music has no economic value.
good movies aren't easy to make. same as good songs. they're scarce.
scarce service out of non-scarce foundations.
wrong.
their [Spotify's] value-add
ownership of the song isn't changing. they're streaming you bits... phone's converting that to sounds, yes.
it's a nice noise, that you pay for the comfort of hearing.
you're not paying for songs. you're paying for the service of listening to them (you continue to lean on this argument while you're making the point (which I disagree with) about the value of music).
song ownership is not changing through the transaction with Spotify.
Spotify is the same as paying a theater to watch a movie.
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