DO THE MATH

“Music, you would think, is manufactured in the Old Economy, and the distributed free of charge as common property by the New. Yet in that case, is the New Economy an economy at all any longer? Who would go on providing music if buyers want to purchase at one price only, namely that of zero, getting it for free? The Net’s great promise – that every ware should preferably be shareware – does it not overlook that this ‘everything’ has to be produced before it can be distributed?” – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung