Mark Zuckerberg: creators and publishers ‘overestimate the value’ of their work
Zuckerberg continues in this article…’If they demanded that we don’t use their content, then we just wouldn’t use their content.’.
This statement comes after they have scraped all of the music in the world.
And there is more that reveals his perspective… ‘When you put something out in the world, to what degree do you still get to control it and own it and license it?’
It is easy to be outraged, shocked at these statements, but it informs us that we have bought into a future that is controlled by the network rather than the creator. This will not end, it is (past) time for musicians to exercise deliberate control over their art.