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July 4, 2012 06:42 pm PDT
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Why we still fight about music and copyright on the Internet
My latest Locus colum, "Music: The Internets Original Sin," asks why music copyright is such a hot potato on the Internet, even in the post-DRM age, when most tunes are $0.99 on Amazon in MP3. The short answer: music's ancient compact is not entirely compatible with contemporary commerce, and the industry has tried to "fix" [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/kPglcYZsnLE/why-we-still-fight-about-music.html
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