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 | | If it were no longer necessary for artists to conclude agreements with record companies, because the artists could reach a worldwide audience themselves or because other parties are better at online distribution than the labels are, clearly, the record companies — as we know them — could become redundant, at least in their distribution function. |
 | | If collective management were mandatory, artists would likely be entitled to a substantial part of the income extracted of on demand distribution, as they are with regard to performances and broadcasts (in The Netherlands they get 50 %). |
 | | Of course, like their users, the p2p providers are free riding on the efforts of artists, composers and — to the extent that they invested in (marketing) the recordings — of record labels. |
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