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"While each of us is doing our part to stay indoors, rights holders can
do their part to make these trying times a little less tedious for the
home-bound. How? By making their content freely available for streamers
and downloaders.
So we're clear, I'm not talking about independent artists or those who
rely on touring income. These folks are most certainly going to take a
hit, and would hopefully be covered by any kind of broad-based stimulus
that comes from Congress. (This would also be an excellent time to
consider Dean Baker's proposal to give every American a creative works
tax credit to donate to an artist of their choosing. To qualify, the
artist would have to make their works public domain).
No, I'm talking about the collectors of passive income, those who
actually hold the rights to the content: Disney, Netflix, CBS, NBC,
Amazon, etc. Rights holders for video games, like Bethesda Studios,
Paradox, EA, and Activision could also help. Even if they don't want to
release relatively new titles, this would be a great time to make older
games free for all to stream, download, and play. Audible should also
give everyone a few free downloads, and a few free months of Kindle
Unlimited would go a long way."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
