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You know, you're right...everyone should have free music. After all, it's all expression, anyway. Those idiots that spend years training on their instruments should learn that they could simply wait until someone else puts out a succesful song, repackage it, and call it their own. You could make a fortune, with everyone repackaging everyone else's material. In fact, why even have your name on the package? Just say it is by "Musicians" and be done with it. Any of the proceeds can go into a big fund, then dispersements can be figured based on what an independent body thinks is fair. That way, everybody who is a musician gets their fair share, and they get to produce in peace and, no pun intended, harmony.
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Both these groups encouraged people to record their music and sell, trade, give it away on their own. Yet both bands managed to be successful for decades. Strange, huh?