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Originally Posted by author  For more than 1,000 years, good music has been available for paying customers only... |
This isn't quite true. There has never really been such a thing as "free" music.
Somebody always pays:
The government
The church
A wealthy patron
A corporate patron
Advertisers
Theatrical and motion picture producers
The composer or performer
The listener
Arguably the most enjoyable music has been music the listener pays for. This is because he who pays the piper will always be the one who calls the tune.