Via EFF, Mike Masnick of TechDirt, offering advice to music biz lawyers at Midem: "Stop worrying and learn to embrace the business models that are already helping musicians make plenty of money and use file sharing to their advantage, even in the absence of licensing or copyright enforcement. In simplest terms, the model can be defined as: Connect with Fans (CwF) + Reason to Buy (RtB) = The Business Model."
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