The Internet is a marvelous muse, both a medium of creativity and a channel for free speech. There’s no shortage of ideas for what talented artists, designers, and coders—and their many fans—can do with one another on the World Wide Web. Nor is there a dearth of ways to make money from all this creative collaboration. Creative industries such as music publishing and recording have been tapping new revenue streams like digital downloads and streaming audio. The problem is that, with each new intermediary, the artists get a smaller cut and have little say in the matter. David Byrne of Talking
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