Internet Piracy and the Music Industries Business Model - Research Project
Research Project:
The Music Industry’s dramatic business model change from physical sales to digital downloads, how much the record labels are affected by internet piracy and how to regulate it.
Information Discovery, Analysis and Interpretation
Contents Page Page
1. Executive Summery 3
2. Scope of Report 4
3. Overview 5 4.1 The Definition of Internet Piracy and the Damage it causes 5 4.2 The Decline of Physical Sales and the Rise of Digital Downloads 6-7 4. Research Methodology 8 5.3 Data Collation 8 5.4 Data Interpretation and Calculation 9 5. Findings 10 6.5 Assessing Internet Piracy and comparing physical sales to digital downloads 10-11 6.6 How Much Internet Piracy Damages the Music Industry and the Economy 12 6.7 The Factors that contributed to EMI’s near demise, and savior 13-14 6.8 A Comparative View of the Entertainment industry 14-15 6. Conclusions/recommendations 16
7. Appendix
The Music Industry’s dramatic business model change from physical sales to digital downloads, how much the record labels are affected by internet piracy and how to regulate it.
Information Discovery, Analysis and Interpretation
Contents Page Page
1. Executive Summery 3
2. Scope of Report 4
3. Overview 5 4.1 The Definition of Internet Piracy and the Damage it causes 5 4.2 The Decline of Physical Sales and the Rise of Digital Downloads 6-7 4. Research Methodology 8 5.3 Data Collation 8 5.4 Data Interpretation and Calculation 9 5. Findings 10 6.5 Assessing Internet Piracy and comparing physical sales to digital downloads 10-11 6.6 How Much Internet Piracy Damages the Music Industry and the Economy 12 6.7 The Factors that contributed to EMI’s near demise, and savior 13-14 6.8 A Comparative View of the Entertainment industry 14-15 6. Conclusions/recommendations 16
7. Appendix
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