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music industry
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15 April 2011
Why Google Should Buy the Music Industry
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Rumours about Google's music service have been swirling for a while now, but they certainly seem to be reaching a new stage with stories...
14 July 2010
Should the Music Industry Pay ISPs for Piracy?
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In the wake of its “success” in pushing through Digital Economy Act, the British music industry is hoping to move on to the next stage: usin...
18 May 2010
Spot(ify) the Trend
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One of the reasons that digital music will be free - whether the recording companies want it or not - is basic economics: the marginal cost ...
29 December 2009
Copyright Infringement: A Modest Proposal
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The UK government's Canute-like efforts to stem the tide of online copyright infringement have plumbed new depths, it seems : Proposals ...
14 July 2009
Hamburg Declaration = Humbug Declaration
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You may have noticed that in the 10 years since Napster, the music industry has succeeded in almost completely ruining its biggest opportuni...
16 March 2009
Why Music Companies are Doomed Regardless
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One of the favourite tropes in the music industry is that they'd all be rolling in it like the good old days if it weren't for those...
17 February 2009
The Kids Are Spot-on
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Interesting figures from new research : Marrakesh Records and Human Capital surveyed 1,000 15 to 24-year-olds highlighting not just how impo...
22 September 2008
Of Digital Abundance and Analogue Scarcity
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Recently, I’ve started buying records. I’ve decided that CDs just aren’t enough of a collector’s item. Since I can own all the music I could...
27 August 2008
Somebody's Heard the Music
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Some people in the music biz are finally getting it : The music executives behind Kaiser Chiefs and Primal Scream are backing a new website ...
28 January 2008
Free Music Goes Mainstream
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What's interesting about this piece in the Guardian describing how the music industry is finally waking up to the virtues of free is t...
21 December 2007
Kids Today - The People Tomorrow
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Nice story here: I just could not find a spot on the spectrum that would trigger these kids' morality alarm. They listened to each exam...
13 December 2007
Darwinian Selection, Where Are You?
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As I've pointed out many times, Darwinian selection lies at the heart of much of openness's success. So this is really, really bad...
19 October 2007
Likely to Take a Bit of Stick
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Well, part of the music industry seems to have got half the message - that it needs to offer something beyond the music that is circulating ...
09 October 2007
Ninch Inch Nails in the Music Industry's Coffin
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How many more of these will it take before the music business realises that it's over?
30 July 2007
Let the Peoples Sing (Even if No One Listens)
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Hey, music industry, I think the people formerly known as the audience are trying to tell you something : Now in its fourth year, the survey...
09 July 2007
Time to Face the Music
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I've been rabbiting on about this for some time; now The Economist is saying it too, so it must be true: Seven years ago musicians der...
22 June 2007
Don't Mess With Our Thing
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This litany of music industry woes is an object lesson in what happens if you fight the (Net) Family: The major labels are struggling to re...
15 April 2007
From Open Source to Open Sewing
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Nice: someone else who really gets it : "Ours is an open-source approach to the sewing patterns," Abousteit said. "We removed...
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