I’m doing an essay entitled "Assess the impact of digital media technology on the music industry" for school, and was wondering if anyone could make any quick pointers regarding the positives or advantages of legal music downloading for the industry of consumer. Thanks.
1st it’s legal, that the best reason
2nd the legal downloads do sound better, the free stuff use small, noisy bandwidth,
CD’s sound the best of all.
3rd to Richard above me, while many in the industry are doing OK, there are many on the perimeter, that are losing money.
Not all artists are millionaire celebs. If you look at all the kids on Y/A asking for help stealing music, most are for smaller, newer groups, so the the "overpaid celeb" thing doesn’t work 90% of the time.
it’s just kids trying to "justify" the fact that they are thieves.
If The studios don’t make money, how are they supposed to send scouts out looking for good new talent?
look at all the posts in here "how do i get discovered?"
Where is the money to promote them supposed to come form?
And, There are a LOT of studio people that rely on music sales.
The writers,
The producers,
The Engineers,
The backup singers
The publishers
ALL the studio people, that ONLY get paid from the sale of music
they don’t get any of the "tour" money.
Stealing music is stealing from ALL of THEM too.
December 26th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Music you purchase gets organized better usually,charma i guess ha
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ilovemusic
December 26th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
The advantages of legal music downloading are as follows:
The consumer will have a peace of mind because they purchased something and cannot be charged with piracy.
Sometimes, when a consumer downloads something from iTunes or something similar, they offer extra incentives too.
The record companies and their musicians get their money.
Everyone is happy.
On another note, record companies are not losing a ton of money as they claim they are. The record and music industry still make over a billion dollars a year from CD, record, DVD, and download sales. Also, when a person downloads something for free, they can decide whether or not to buy the whole album. More than likely a consumer does. So, instead, it creates a try before you buy system.
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December 26th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Positives for the Industry:
No overhead, no need for production, storage, distribution, or retail space.
Cost per unit is comparable to current CD pricing (i.e. a dozen songs at Apple costs about the same as buying a physical CD of a dozen songs)
Impulse buying from home was not possible in the pre-digital age.
Buyers are exposed to a wider range of music than in the traditional "hear it on the radio first, then buy the album" model.
Benefits for consumer:
You don’t have to buy the whole crappy album to get the one good song.
More product to choose from than in traditional record stores.
Easy to preview the music before buying.
Convenience of shopping from home.
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December 26th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
1st it’s legal, that the best reason
2nd the legal downloads do sound better, the free stuff use small, noisy bandwidth,
CD’s sound the best of all.
3rd to Richard above me, while many in the industry are doing OK, there are many on the perimeter, that are losing money.
Not all artists are millionaire celebs. If you look at all the kids on Y/A asking for help stealing music, most are for smaller, newer groups, so the the "overpaid celeb" thing doesn’t work 90% of the time.
it’s just kids trying to "justify" the fact that they are thieves.
If The studios don’t make money, how are they supposed to send scouts out looking for good new talent?
look at all the posts in here "how do i get discovered?"
Where is the money to promote them supposed to come form?
And, There are a LOT of studio people that rely on music sales.
The writers,
The producers,
The Engineers,
The backup singers
The publishers
ALL the studio people, that ONLY get paid from the sale of music
they don’t get any of the "tour" money.
Stealing music is stealing from ALL of THEM too.
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