Content Companies Demand Subsidies From ISPs… While ISPs Demand Subsidies From Content Companies
It's sometimes quite amusing to watch how various economic ecosystems grow, where multiple companies have symbiotic relationships, and then start to freak out when they think that other companies in the ecosystem are somehow earning "too much." That, of course, is at the heart of many recent battles we've seen - from net neutrality (where the ISPs think Google is earning too much) to the music industry (where record labels think ISPs and Apple are earning too much). But sometimes it leads to rather amusing contrasts. For example, up in Canada, the entertainment industry is complaining that ISPs earn too much, and therefore are pushing for laws that would require broadband providers to pay money to the entertainment industry to develop new content.
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Topics: Isps, Google, Record Labels, Net Neutrality, Incremental Gain
