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No, I'm saying no one will produce or distribute music. There will be people willing to pay, but no product.

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Huh?

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Do people seriously not get this? It's not that hard to understand that companies develop IP because they expect to make money off it. If it's not their property and people can just take the fruits of their labor and redistribute it for free they're going to stop doing it.

Please lay out for me how it will work, from start to finish if music is 'free' and no one is forced to buy it.

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I don't really want to get into a huge argument about this, but there would definitely still be tons of musicians making music if no one paid for CD's. Don't get me wrong, I totally understand your point, have a degree in econ and have taken classes specifically about IP law, music is just a whole different ballgame.(I also understand, and agree, that many musicians would no longer make music if they weren't paid to do so.)