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Seth Godin: Music lessons
Most items of value derive that value from scarcity. Digital changes that, and you can derive value from ubiquity now.
The solution isn't to somehow try to become obscure, to get your song off the (digital) radio. The solution is to change your business.
You used to sell plastic and vinyl. Now, you can sell interactivity and souvenirs.
Ian Rogers: Talking To The Music Industry Again, The Aspen Live Conference
Losers wish for scarcity. Winners leverage scale.
There is more opportunity in leveraging the scale of the Web than trying to create scarcity. We've all been engaged in many attempts at creating scarcity in digital music and none of them have worked. Meanwhile, others have been leveraging the scale of the Web with great success. We should learn from this pattern and apply our energy appropriately.