logoalt Hacker News

terntoday at 7:50 AM0 repliesview on HN

Music, unfortunately, has a very different business model not just because of the difference in medium, but because it's copyable.

You can share a photograph of a painting, but it's, just, not the painting. A rip of a CD is nearly identical experientially.

There are many who, however, sell tapes, MiniDiscs, SD cards and other obscure formats with a small but serious following.