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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
It would make more sense to work with those sort of sites on a profit-sharing basis, a bit like with Spottify. Something being on Spottify doesn't seem to harm sales of mp3s, so it's obviously a completely different market. Megaupload were planning something like that, where creators got paid per download, but obviously that won't be happening now.
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Well, I think for some types of media, specifically music, that sort of model works better than it might for something like books. Many people still listen to top-40 radio stations where they likely hear the same songs every day for weeks on end. Even in TV, many people seem content to watch reruns of even mediocre shows. With books however, I doubt many people go out of their way to reread a book they felt was "just ok". Thus without that motivation to get people to return over and over again, some of the revenue models break down. Also true with books because lets be honest, who really wants to have to stay connected to the internet to read a book?
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Bill