Comment Re:My favorite quote (Score 1) 255
I saw this too. It implies that there is a threshold for legality: once a certain number of people do something, it should be legalized. Clearly this is not true - there are certain things that should never be legal, no matter how many people do them. The argument for compulsory licensing is just a way for music pirates to get what they want at the expense of those in the business of making and selling music. Some of these people may deserve it, but many of them don't.
Certainly the music industry would prefer a compulsory license to nothing, but they would prefer the ability to set their own prices to a compulsory license. As the article suggests, this whole thing is a slipper slope. I suspect there is a tar pit at the bottom.
Certainly the music industry would prefer a compulsory license to nothing, but they would prefer the ability to set their own prices to a compulsory license. As the article suggests, this whole thing is a slipper slope. I suspect there is a tar pit at the bottom.
