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Initially downloads seemed to panic the music industry and they seemed to pay no attention to it. File sharing sites sprang up that grew particularly considerable very quickly. In the long run as expected the business recognised the problem and looked to the law to fix it with both organisations and individuals being put through the legal process. An understandable result because a crime is a crime . The industry decided on a path of vigorous and well-publicised court cases together with lobbying the politicians in the corridors of power.
There is a fair chance you have seen reports of some of the more recent cases. 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 and 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 & 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 & thus went out to find more and spend some cash
So the big question is; is the double-pronged action working? It seems to be up to a point. 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. No more going round small venues looking at bands. Now thanks to facebook, youtube etc the bands can be found easily with followers and downloads so they can be signed up. With people already listening to the music it's pretty certain the band will be successful and make money
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. 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 and 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 & 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 & thus went out to find more and spend some cash
So the big question is; is the double-pronged action working? It seems to be up to a point. 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. No more going round small venues looking at bands. Now thanks to facebook, youtube etc the bands can be found easily with followers and downloads so they can be signed up. With people already listening to the music it's pretty certain the band will be successful and make money
So avoid illegal downloads, enjoy the huge range of music available on the web & seeing bands live.
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