Embrace File-sharing, or Die
Ben Snyder,
Salon,
Feb 05, 2003
As the summary reads: "A record executive and his son make a formal case for freely downloading music. The gist: 50 million Americans can't be wrong." What follows is an extended critique to the music industry's approach to copying (and by extension, the content industry as a whole). The logic of the piece is brutally honest. Rather than file sharing, they point out, "Price is a major reason for the decline in CD sales." Moreover, "There are five or six new and growing ways for people to spend their entertainment dollar." This article is plagued by Salon's annoying interstatial ads - when you hit one, all you can do if you want to keep reading is wait for the page to advance forward.
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