This is crazy. Mike from Techdirt isn’t the only one (me too) confused over the sense in this patent:

“Why does selling concerts via a CD burner immediately after the show need a special patent?”

So a band has to cut Clear Channel into the revenue of instant burns after their own live concert? Something is just very, very wrong with this! Rolling Stone:

But in a move expected to severely limit the industry, Clear Channel Entertainment has bought the patent from the technology’s inventors and now claims to own the exclusive right to sell concert CDs after shows. The company, which is the biggest concert promoter in the world, says the patent covers its 130 venues along with every other venue in the country.

It’s no wonder that so many people have gotten disgusted with the music industry.

Did this post make you go hmm?

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