I've had people sending me messages about how copyright protects artists. On the radio the other day there was astory about how hard it is to make a living as a musician. I received an email from a news publisher suggesting that open content policies hurt journalism. None of this is true. And that's the great thing about this story - not so much that it showcases a good thing that Taylor Swift did to make sure that publishers actually pay streaming money to artists (when some don't) but because it makes clear how the small number of publishers (not only in music - there's a lack of competition in pretty much every creative industry) collude either formally or informally to pay artists and creatives as little money as possible. Stronger copyright won't fix these problems; if anything, it only makes them worse.
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