In Reply to: Here is where we disagree: posted by rbolaw on September 5, 2014 at 05:09:24:
"They pay Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, Apple and Microsoft, among others. Those companies have taken away the inept recording industry's business and are making billions by selling music without compensating musicians at all."
What is the basis of that claim? What music is Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile selling?
I don't think people expect free music when they buy a phone any more than they expect free CDs when they buy a CD player or free drinks when they buy a glass or free money when they open a bank account. True that mobile has become an important if not dominant format, but people don't expect to get all their stuff from Amazon for free just because they can use their phone for it.
Going back to my initial post, the issue isn't the streaming format, it's the price.
Dave
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- Yes, I don't follow you there. - David Smith 06:27:23 09/05/14 (12)
- The answer to your question is: Access. - rbolaw 07:19:00 09/05/14 (11)
- RE: "Access.... That's what people are willing to pay for these days. Not usage."... - Ivan303 08:33:14 09/05/14 (9)
- RE: "Access.... That's what people are willing to pay for these days. Not usage."... - rbolaw 09:48:44 09/05/14 (8)
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- RE: We've all go skin in the game.... - David Smith 12:47:42 09/05/14 (6)
- What 'rbolaw' below said... - Ivan303 16:43:14 09/05/14 (1)
- RE: What 'rbolaw' below said... - David Smith 17:34:08 09/05/14 (0)
- RE: We've all go skin in the game.... - rbolaw 15:23:48 09/05/14 (3)
- RE: We've all go skin in the game.... - David Smith 17:04:06 09/05/14 (2)
- RE: We've all go skin in the game.... - rbolaw 18:27:39 09/05/14 (1)
- Actually what we're discussing here are two different things. - David Smith 18:42:46 09/05/14 (0)
- It's fair to say we are in disagreement. That's OK. nt - David Smith 07:31:38 09/05/14 (0)