1. Marginal costs are not 0. The musician has a cost, his time has a cost. So, let's not fall in the trap of seeing only certain costs. Of course, a cook that does music in his free time might have a marginal cost of 0, but not everybody listens to that. Amateur music, when it sounds amateur, is horrible. I challenge the assumption that amateur is good enough for many, it is not true, I have never seen people listening to crappy music in their cars.
2. There is an easy way to make money: concerts.
3. The obvious answer is the destruction of neoliberalism. No it's not. The obvious answer is more liberism, because, believe it or not, less copyrights BS is completely in the realm of neoliberism. While what he hints too, planned economy and State, is exactly what has created these ridiculous music labels that cash out on monopolies instead than real value.
The marginal cost, that is the cost of one additional copy, is zero. ( Actually it is some server cost, so < $10 per TB.) The musician., studio etc. are upfront costs.
For me the marginal cost is the additional song, not the additional copy of a song.
Then again, if one looks at the obvious, that musician have to make money from concerts, it becomes clear that marginal costs will never be 0 in the music industry. Competition or not competition.
For me the marginal cost is the additional song, not the
additional copy of a song.
From the perspective of the musician, who sells to a record label, yes. From the perspective of a record label, and thus what determines the prices for customers, the marginal cost is zero. So the record labels need some other revenue stream, and hence the push to control the entire 'celebrity product.'
Yes, I get this point. I am just saying that there are other ways to look at this and that there still are plenty of costs in making music that generate plenty of profits.
Finally, we should be happy when marginal costs are 0, it means free for all, more for all. It is only who wants to go back to the State economy that can find flawed arguments against it.
2. There is an easy way to make money: concerts.
3. The obvious answer is the destruction of neoliberalism. No it's not. The obvious answer is more liberism, because, believe it or not, less copyrights BS is completely in the realm of neoliberism. While what he hints too, planned economy and State, is exactly what has created these ridiculous music labels that cash out on monopolies instead than real value.