File sharing downloading music both legally and illegally has completely changed the way in which music is consumed. According to the LLC, around one billion songs a month are being traded on illegal file-sharing networks. There are many applications which you can use to download music illegally, instantly and for free.
Music is being bought online more and more, and now, with bands being able to make and broadcast their own music online, the accessibility to new music is growing. With artists such as Lily Allen and Kate Nash becoming famous through networking sites such as Myspace, are these huge record companies still needed?
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i think the record companies are still needed because there are still so many more aspects to selling music than just producing the music and the buyers consuming the music.
ReplyDeleteHowever in relation to your first para, are you refering to sites such as limewire and napster? if so then those sites themselves aren't illegal, it is the users that are using them for illegal filesharing.
Hmmm...interesting ideas. But let's think about a couple of questions then. Are (e.g.) Kate Nash and Lily Allen still using the net primarily or is there some other way in which they are communicating? How is this possible? Who is making it happen?
ReplyDelete...and what about non-mainstream 'pop'? Are jazz, classical, blues, alternative, brass-band, etc etc, all experiencing the download phenomenon in the same way?
Generally speaking some sound posting here Lucy - mixing up your own responses with unit material and responding to others' blogs too. Your repsonses are generally measured too - also to the good.
ReplyDeleteTo move things on, it's always a good idea look for the so what-ness in the question (and the answer) and try and get a wider view of what's happening. EG if music stores disappear from high streets (which I think is unlikely to happen) becasue of so much downloading what about those people who aren't connected? What will fill the void in the high st? What could music stores do to 'add value'? Has this happened to any other kind of store before? What did they do? In other words, thinking about the implications often gives hints to the answer to what seems a difficult question, by reminding you of ones that have gone before.
Keep up the good work Lucy!