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Streaming devalues music and video, critic argues

Original: @ WarnerCrocker As you know, one of the fundamental tenets of marketing is that when a product is over produced, the val

A commentary circulating online argues that oversupply drives down a product's value, and that streaming has done exactly that to both music and video, reducing them to near-commodity status. The remark, addressed to writer Warner Crocker, is drawing agreement from others who feel endless catalogs and low subscription prices have eroded what creative work is worth.

Why now: Ongoing debate about whether streaming economics unfairly devalue music, film and TV.

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• @ WarnerCrocker As you know, one of the fundamental tenets of marketing is that when a product is over produced, the value of that product is reduced, often to the value of a no-name commodity. Streaming in both music and video has, in my view, reduced the value of both, and… · rdfranke@sfba.social · 1

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