What the Pandora Debate Teaches Us About Big Data
Not everything can be tested, much less accurately.
Do Pandora, Spotify, and other all-you-can-eat music sites properly value and compensate musicians for their work? Will these streaming services save the music industry or hasten its eventual demise? Let's hope not. As Friedrich Nietzsche said, "Without music, life would be a mistake."
If you care about the future of music, questions like these are incredibly important. Artists not paid for their work are less likely to write and record music. No, the members of Metallica and U2 are financially set for life (and have been for a long time), but what about their progeny? Will they be able to pay their bills as professional musicians?
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