That post isn't just about the technical problems though, for example:
"We’re paying a tax to a system not needed anymore. The record industry is passé and we do not need nor want them anymore."
I'm not one to defend the decrepit record industry but that's just avoiding the real issue. Is compensating artists considered passe now too?
I'm not one to defend the decrepit record industry but that's just avoiding the real issue. Is compensating artists considered passe now too?
That's regarding the idea of buying records - the money from most of which goes directly to the record industry. Different models work in different ways.
Well in the proposed flat-rate scenario there would be no need for distinction.
>That's regarding the idea of buying records - the money from most of which goes directly to the record industry. Different models work in different ways.
The post was talking about the flat-rate scenario not buying records, in any case it's obvious the record industry model is dead as it currently exists. That doesn't mean we shouldn't think about viable ways of compensating artists.
The tricky part is obviously in how to fairly distribute the money, and this is where tracking what gets listened or downloaded comes into play.