Music: Too Expensive to Be Free, Too Free to Be Expensive
Wired, November 18, 2009
By Eliot Van Buskirk
Digital music doubters could be right with the contention that advertising revenue can't cover the costs of licensing music. Meanwhile, illegitimate free music sources continue to proliferate, rendering paid music subscriptions irrelevant for most music fans.
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