(The illustration on the left top corner of the image is by Brock Davies)
(No fair author was found for the center image)
(The one on the top right... you know who is it from)

 

Tell me about stubborn. What will it take for the Music Record industry to call it a defeat and learn from it?

Music piracy was born on the same day music recordings were born. I don’t defend it nor support it, in fact I totally believe is robbery; but come on... they have been trying to fight it the same way for decades -indeed more intensely in the digital era- with the same tremendous rate of immense failure. They should start running the numbers to see how the resources they have devoted to try and control this outbreak of digital robbery compare to the actual claimed losses derived from the exchange and distribution of pirate recordings.

I’m not much of a techie, but I have friends who are, and they are all very confident that there’s always a way around any of the barriers they can come up with.

I don’t know but, isn’t it about time they come up with an alternative way to distribute music? What will it take for them to acknowledge that the internet is undoubtedly the future -if they want to stay alive- of their business? How about re-thinking DRM (Digital Rights Management)

Why is big Music and Hollywood so cautious and shy to welcome iTunes or now even Amazon.com´s  model? Think about it... Getting rid of CD´s and DVD´s would significantly ease their operations and costs... why are they still so attached to this model then? Ahh I’ll tell you: the 20 or so dollars they charge for an album (where you have no choice but to buy it as a whole even if there’s only a couple of songs you like).

This doesn’t strike me as fair play. I think many people perceive it this way too, and this is what is pushing more and more of us to buy individual songs from digital download web-sites such as the afore mentioned.

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There are indeed opinions on how this might not be the way to save Big Music, but I think these forecasts and opinions fail to fairly consider the enormous impact of the recent financial meltdown on disposable income -because even though some disagree, music CD´s are not a first necessity article.

It´s my personal opinion that Big Music should see itself in the mirror of the Big Publishing Companies... or face serious trouble.