Stefan Ivetic Music used to be so simple. You listened to it on the radio for free‚ but you could not choose what was being played and there were lots of commercials. If you went to a concert‚ you paid. And if you bought a record‚ tape or CD‚ you paid. Every industry needs money to be sustainable and so does the record industry. The record industry has been around for decades and over the course of time it became more about money and less about art. People now days download music for free all the
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billion music and entertainment company with more than 200 record labels and operations in 53 countries. Its revenue was derived from North America (51%)‚ Europe (32%)‚ Latin America (9%)‚ and Asia-Pacific (8%). Despite of this BMG Entertainment’s ability of generating huge revenue‚ and its operating strategies to make the company sound‚ the BMG Entertainment‚ however‚ is now facing severe obstacles tough to overcome. 1) Executive Summary: As new technology came out in this world‚ music industry
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broadcast and cable television‚ radio‚ movie and music studios‚ newspapers‚ magazines‚ books and most print publications. The music industry has evolved with the introduction of new media such as the Internet‚ YouTube and Illegal Internet websites. The Internet has had a massive effect on the traditional media for the music industry‚ which has affected the sales and production of music. The Internet was made in 1991 and has recently come into the music industry in the past 10 years with sites such
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perfectly fine to download music for free‚ but the majority of people know that it is illegal to do so. Joe Elliott works in the music industry and states “Napster is a form of theft. No doubt about it.” in a response to letter asking about how artist feel about it. Most people would argue and say that the artist do not care about how their music gets out because even with cutting the middleman out they still get their fair share of pay. The truth is most artist make their music thinking of their fans
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such as scratches‚ fingerprints‚ and skipping. Today‚ you cannot find vinyl records unless you go into some older music stores and they all used them. With the advent of CD’s and DVD’s‚ everyone was sure this was better quality than the old vinyls‚ but is it. Along with technology changing from vinyl records to CD’s the speaker systems also advanced. Therefore‚ no one that used the music records when they were popular had the best stereo speakers because they did not exist at the time. Vinyl records
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Music Piracy is a Good thing Pirating music is one of the most common crimes in the world that happens everyday. However‚ ones you read this essay‚ I hope you will see this issue from a different perspective‚ it may not look like such a terrible crime after all. Most successful artists make in the tens of millions every year according to eHow.com. If that’s the truth‚ how badly is piracy really hurting these people? If music piracy is effecting the artist so much then why do majority of
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convergence that now run hand in hand. Before the internet‚ artists were recording their music in studios and producers were selling their CD’s to customers in person. Ten years ago‚ the biggest record labels were worried about online piracy. Watching the decline of CD sales made record labels decide to license their records to new online services. Consumers illegally used programs like Napster and Limewire to pirate music‚ waiting to download tracks when they were made available.
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on August 9‚ 1959 in Harlem‚ New York. Blow got his first practice as a DJ in grade school‚ mingling with guests at his mother’s parties to take their music requests. By the time he was thirteen he had a fake ID and was sneaking in to New York City clubs to hear DJs spin‚ their tracks. In 1975‚ Kurtis Blow Enrolled in Harlem’s High School of Music and Arts‚ but was kicked out for selling marijuana. He transferred to another high school‚ where he was caught selling PCP. Recognizing Blow’s intelligence
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GROUP PLC FEDERICO NOBILI History of EMI ▪ In 1897 Emile Berliner‚ inventor of the gramophone‚ co-founded the UK Gramophone Company in London ▪ In 1931 the merger between the Gramophone Company and Columbia Records formed the Electric and Music Industries Ltd ▪ In 1955 EMI entered the American market acquiring Capitol Records‚ the leading American record label ▪ In 1971 the company changed its name in EMI Ltd ▪ In 1980 EMI merged with Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd‚ to form Thorn EMI ▪ In 1992
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Some of these gadgets would be the portable CD player‚ the pager‚ and the floppy disk. In the modern era of the internet‚ websites like iTunes or other MP3 software purveyors can be found. From these websites‚ people can look up their favorite music artists and purchase as many songs as they like‚ all while downloading their purchased items legally. When mainstream singers of today announce a new album on social networking sites like Twitter‚ many fans will most likely visit the previously mentioned
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