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I keep hearing it

"The problem, he writes, is that copyright owners seek to ban these forms of expression, rather than profit from them."

and

"All we need are new business models and entertainment conglomerates can profit like IBM."

I keep hearing people say that all we need are new business models and everyone could profit from "open-sourcing" copyrighted material. But, what are the business models? How does a copyright holder profit from a single purchased copy being made freely available on the Internet? How do we convince the current generation, thoroughly convinced now that it is "entitled" to free music, to start paying for it?

Carl Rapson

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