Jason Shultz over at CopyFight just posted this story about The Mercury News’ story about how record labels use P2P stats to boost sales. Record Labels Using “Pirate” Data to sell more CDs (posted by Jason Schultz) The Merc has a great article on how the RIAA bashes P2P out of one side of their […] » about 500 words
After six months of RIAA lawsuits, you’d think this would be old news, but…. It’s been a while since I’ve reported on the music industry’s attempts to control online music distribution, but Ars Technica has been following that and the larger issues all along. The story took a turn in December when a three judge […] » about 300 words
I’ve posted a number of stories and links related to the music industry and P2P and such. Here’s a short summary of them.
First was a story about how music swappers actually buy more music. Then came a story about the decline of the album format, and why it’s a good thing for listeners. I followed that up with something about copying is theft, and other legal myths. And just now I posted a story about the real reasons for the decline in the music biz.
Fortunately, these aren’t so much stories as they are annotated links to other people’s insightful comments on the matter. Nobody should have to read my drivel.
Continuing the recent music and copyright theme…. It turns out that I wasn’t the only one who thought the BuyMusic.com ads looked a little familiar. Rob Walker wrote about the New Apple Clones for Slate.com. “…I kept re-watching the BuyMusic ads to try and figure out what I was missing. Is there a hidden critique […] » about 1800 words
Music has been an issue for me lately. What with my previous stories about the “decline of the album format” (and why I think it’s a good thing) and how music swappers apparently buy more music, you’d think I’d gotten the matter out of my system. No. Copying is Theft – and other legal myths […] » about 300 words
Charles Haddad writes in Business Week Online about musicians making a stand for the “integrity of the album format.” Fortunately, he gets it right: this isn’t about artists looking after their art, this is about the end of a business strategy where a few good tracks are mingled with a pile of chaff and called […] » about 1100 words
A story on BBC News (File Swappers ‘Buy More Music’) reports on a study that claims those who download music using P2P services (old Napster, Gnutella, etc) actually buy more music. It should make sense to anybody with a hair of marketing experience: try before you buy. » about 500 words