The music industry was slow to catch on to the magnitude of downloading. Thus the vacuum was rapidly filled with file sharing sites, that prospered. In the end of course the industry recognised the trouble and turned to the law to rectify it with both business owners & people being put through the legal process. An understandable result seeing that a crime is a crime . The business decided on a course of aggressive & well-publicised court action together with lobbying the law makers in the corridors of power.
Undoubtedly you'll have read about some of the lawsuits recently. Various parts if the media, both new & old are well informed of certain cases such as families being sued for well over a hundred grand. The aim of this twin-pronged attack seems to be to intimidate both people & sites thus reducing the activity. Even though it does seem very heavy handed.
Fortunately alongside this approach the music giants realised they had to get into the download market and try to make up for the fall in album and CD sales. The innovators were Apple, who created a system that was simple to use & inexpensive for even the most technophobic. At the same time the approach of giving away something for free to increase sales was recognised & implemented. Many more people listened to music they would not usually find, liked it and thus went out to find more and spend some cash
So the big question is; is the double-pronged action working? To quote Evelyn Waugh - up to a point Lord Copper. The music industry has not managed to reverse the fall in sales of CD's but downloads are increasing and live music is growing in popularity again. So bands are able to combat the falling royalties from CD sales with money from live gigs.
The traditional ways of talent spotting have evolved to recognise the internet. They are looking at the social media sites & hunting out popular bands and individuals with many downloads. With people already listening to the music it's pretty certain the band will be successful & make money
So avoid illegal downloads, enjoy the huge range of music available on the web & seeing bands live.
Undoubtedly you'll have read about some of the lawsuits recently. Various parts if the media, both new & old are well informed of certain cases such as families being sued for well over a hundred grand. The aim of this twin-pronged attack seems to be to intimidate both people & sites thus reducing the activity. Even though it does seem very heavy handed.
Fortunately alongside this approach the music giants realised they had to get into the download market and try to make up for the fall in album and CD sales. The innovators were Apple, who created a system that was simple to use & inexpensive for even the most technophobic. At the same time the approach of giving away something for free to increase sales was recognised & implemented. Many more people listened to music they would not usually find, liked it and thus went out to find more and spend some cash
So the big question is; is the double-pronged action working? To quote Evelyn Waugh - up to a point Lord Copper. The music industry has not managed to reverse the fall in sales of CD's but downloads are increasing and live music is growing in popularity again. So bands are able to combat the falling royalties from CD sales with money from live gigs.
The traditional ways of talent spotting have evolved to recognise the internet. They are looking at the social media sites & hunting out popular bands and individuals with many downloads. With people already listening to the music it's pretty certain the band will be successful & make money
So avoid illegal downloads, enjoy the huge range of music available on the web & seeing bands live.
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