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And yes, to paraphrase a commentator in the article, it may be harder for smaller companies to afford licenses than large ones, but that is also true about their computer chips and electric bills. Unlike some other costs, licenses generally are less expensive for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This is certainly true of the collective licenses of the type CCC offers. Moreover, given that most publishers are themselves SMEs, licenses (especially collective ones) give them access to markets that would be difficult to address on their own.
