Report on Music Piracy
Global Entertainment
REPORT on Music Piracy
05.11.2013.
Music piracy
Industry Comparative Study – Piracy
Table of Content
INTRODUCTION This report purpose is to analyze the piracy, and the industrial response to it, in the music industry concentrating on three pre-selected regions.
The structure of the report consists of the analysis of the global context of the music industry, a more detailed analysis of the product and distribution situation in the three preselected regions and the presentation of the new trends in the industry. The report will discuss the potential strength and weaknesses and the threats and opportunities in general and present briefly the industrial response to the new trends by regions. A pivotal issue will be the recommendations to face the new challenges.
The content of the report is based on secondary data research, mostly industry related online publications, comparative studies and books.
ISSUE ANALYSIS
2.1 SITUATION ANALYSIS
2.1.1 GLOBAL CONTEXT
The sound recording industry’s size can be determined by the volume of music record sales. The means by which a music can be sold to the target public is various. It can be under a form of a cassette, different type of discs, iTunes, digital sharing sites, such as Spotify. Due to the technological developments today there are basically no more music cassettes, less and less single or compact discs and more digital sharing. (David Throsby, 2002, 3.p.)
On the international scale more than 80% of the world music market is under the control of the five largest companies, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal/PolyGram, EMI, BMG and the Warner Music Group. Furthermore there are several small national record producers mostly specializing into a particular style. The world music industry is dominated by three main regions, US, Japan and Europe. Although it is very difficult to derive comprehensive statistics about the major music flows
REPORT on Music Piracy
05.11.2013.
Music piracy
Industry Comparative Study – Piracy
Table of Content
INTRODUCTION This report purpose is to analyze the piracy, and the industrial response to it, in the music industry concentrating on three pre-selected regions.
The structure of the report consists of the analysis of the global context of the music industry, a more detailed analysis of the product and distribution situation in the three preselected regions and the presentation of the new trends in the industry. The report will discuss the potential strength and weaknesses and the threats and opportunities in general and present briefly the industrial response to the new trends by regions. A pivotal issue will be the recommendations to face the new challenges.
The content of the report is based on secondary data research, mostly industry related online publications, comparative studies and books.
ISSUE ANALYSIS
2.1 SITUATION ANALYSIS
2.1.1 GLOBAL CONTEXT
The sound recording industry’s size can be determined by the volume of music record sales. The means by which a music can be sold to the target public is various. It can be under a form of a cassette, different type of discs, iTunes, digital sharing sites, such as Spotify. Due to the technological developments today there are basically no more music cassettes, less and less single or compact discs and more digital sharing. (David Throsby, 2002, 3.p.)
On the international scale more than 80% of the world music market is under the control of the five largest companies, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal/PolyGram, EMI, BMG and the Warner Music Group. Furthermore there are several small national record producers mostly specializing into a particular style. The world music industry is dominated by three main regions, US, Japan and Europe. Although it is very difficult to derive comprehensive statistics about the major music flows
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