Unlike downloading a Hollywood film, which I think everyone intuitively knows is a clear violation of the copyright, people do not have that sharp line, that distinction, in their minds when they download free TV.
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It's an existential question. To answer it, you'd have to get between the ears of everyone who downloads for free, every time they download something.Eric Garland
Even bands with deep catalogs have hits, and then they have superstar hits. There may be 20 songs from Queen that people know, but really we're talking about two or three that are more popular by orders of magnitude. They're cultural staples. If I had the option to buy 9 songs instead of 12 songs on 'Meet the Beatles,' I might have done that.
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There's always going to be a need for gatekeepers who perform the service that record labels do now. Otherwise, it's just noise, pure cacophony. Most people who are not AR (Artist Repertoire) executives don't want to sort through tens of thousands of contenders to find 50 things that sound great.
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If consumers feel it meets the standard of P2P, they'll be willing to try it, ... Otherwise, they won't care.
Eric Garland
The open-source community will continue to build new, uncensored versions.
Eric Garland
And 10 billion songs per year is a very conservative estimate.
Eric Garland
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