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My big question to the university is this: Before they spent time and resources to create this "service" did they ever bother to ask whether the services was wanted? How many other programs are being funded that are unused and unwanted?
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What's the Correct Tradeoff?
- Penn provides freeee music
- Students will pay less for other music, come out ahead. (Only they WON'T save because this free music does not meet their desires.)
I believe the above is not what happened. The actual tradeoff is:
- Penn feared costly lawsuits due to students copying music.
- Penn feels it will spend less on such lawsuits if it can get students to listen to music it provides free; overall costs to students will drop.
The students should be pissed that in the current legal environment, Penn can reasonably make such decisions. The driving force in this devil's bargain is the RIAA and the music publishers, not Penn's administration.
- PB, precision-blogging.blogspot.com
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