Music operates outside the classic IP valuation problem

If I let you read something I write, then try to charge you for it, I will fail, even if you liked it, as you don’t want to read it again. If I let you listen to a song I recorded, then try to charge you for it, I may succeed, especially if you liked it, as you do want to listen to it again.

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