At first downloading seemed to panic the music industry & they seemed to take no notice of it. File sharing sites appeared which grew particularly considerable quite quickly. Eventually the business faced the situation and started forcefully going after both sites and customers through the courts. After all it's theft of intellectual property. The industry decided on a route of aggressive and well-publicised court action as well as lobbying the legislators in the corridors of power.
There is a fair chance you have seen reports of some of the more recent cases. After all chasing an individual single mother for over $100,000 is always going to interest the media, especially when they have been well briefed. These cases are clearly meant to send out a message and try to reduce the problem. 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 & CD sales. Apple of course has made the process very easy for consumers and fairly cheap as well. They have also taken on board the value of freebies to drive up overall sales. 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 & live music is growing in popularity again. With the money to be made from gigging musicians are able to claw back the loss of earnings from falling CD sales.
Record companies have to change the way they look for talent. They are looking at the social media sites & hunting out popular bands & individuals with many downloads. This suggests a fan base in place, which is the nearest you can get to a sure thing in music.
So avoid illegal downloads, enjoy the huge range of music available on the web & seeing bands live.
There is a fair chance you have seen reports of some of the more recent cases. After all chasing an individual single mother for over $100,000 is always going to interest the media, especially when they have been well briefed. These cases are clearly meant to send out a message and try to reduce the problem. 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 & CD sales. Apple of course has made the process very easy for consumers and fairly cheap as well. They have also taken on board the value of freebies to drive up overall sales. 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 & live music is growing in popularity again. With the money to be made from gigging musicians are able to claw back the loss of earnings from falling CD sales.
Record companies have to change the way they look for talent. They are looking at the social media sites & hunting out popular bands & individuals with many downloads. This suggests a fan base in place, which is the nearest you can get to a sure thing in music.
So avoid illegal downloads, enjoy the huge range of music available on the web & seeing bands live.
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