In a way, streaming platforms aren’t truly competition because they’re founded on the idea of exclusivity. If they all had the same content, it would be good for the consumer.
As always, copyright rules cause innovation to be slowed, exactly the opposite of what capitalists claim.
Wouldn’t the ease of access for music piracy in comparison to video piracy be the true barrier keeping them in check? Audio doesn’t exactly have massive file sizes, and the ability to rip audio from any source has become more accessible than ever.
I wonder when streaming services may have their “Napster moment”.
We put the fear of death in the music industry with Pentium 2 computers running Windows 98 and 56k dial up modems. They try to pull too much shit and we WILL do without them.
I think everyone would just turn to piracy at that point since the way people consume music is a lot different than the way people consume movies. Maybe that could have worked before playlists were a common thing, but at this point I think there would be riots if suddenly everyone’s playlists were all ruined
In a way, streaming platforms aren’t truly competition because they’re founded on the idea of exclusivity. If they all had the same content, it would be good for the consumer.
As always, copyright rules cause innovation to be slowed, exactly the opposite of what capitalists claim.
That’s actually a good point and I hadn’t thought of that before. A bajillion streaming services would be fine if they all had the same content.
Music streaming services seems more like true competition. For the most part, they all have the same music.
The kicker is that music suffers from the exact same copyright system. The big labels could absolutely start their own walled garden if they wanted.
Wouldn’t the ease of access for music piracy in comparison to video piracy be the true barrier keeping them in check? Audio doesn’t exactly have massive file sizes, and the ability to rip audio from any source has become more accessible than ever.
I wonder when streaming services may have their “Napster moment”.
Or, toss in a blank tape, tune to your favorite station and hit record. Had quite a few radio mix tapes as a young teen XD
We put the fear of death in the music industry with Pentium 2 computers running Windows 98 and 56k dial up modems. They try to pull too much shit and we WILL do without them.
I think everyone would just turn to piracy at that point since the way people consume music is a lot different than the way people consume movies. Maybe that could have worked before playlists were a common thing, but at this point I think there would be riots if suddenly everyone’s playlists were all ruined
I don’t think all copyright is bad
The problem is when it is abused