Introduction The piracy of copyright protected digital goods is a large and growing problem in the music‚ computer software‚ videogame and film industries. Digital piracy includes the purchase of counterfeit products at a discount to the price of the copyrighted product‚ and illegal file sharing of copyright material over peer-to-peer computer networks. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) claims that about 34% of all recorded music products sold worldwide in 2004
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vivid lyrics and mainstream consumer appeal‚ Wu-Tang was one of the artists that revolutionalised soul and transformed it into the modern rap that we hear today. Without their influence a significant part of both African American culture‚ and American music would simply not exist. The Wu-Tang are pioneers in their own right‚ and in this essay I intend to discuss the emergence of hip hop into modern mainstream culture using the Wu-Tang as a case study. Hip hop is a cultural way of life divided into four
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came from‚ we need some background on the beginning of punk music. It started in the 1970’s with the beginning of the rejection of mainstream conservative ideals and testing new musical limits. This is a parallel to the 1950s when kids blasted rock n’ roll to the dismay of their parents and Elvis Presley’s hip shaking brought sexuality to the mainstream. History was repeating itself‚ "punk youth seemingly place themselves outside the parent culture as ‘Other’"(Post Culture). Like the 50’s rock music
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Star Trek Fan Fiction: Copyright Infringement? Introduction As I sat in during one of the many Westlaw training sessions this year‚ I heard rumors that the company instructor and research guru John Lim was a part time actor. A quick trip to IMDB confirmed that John Lim played Hikaru Sulu in a fan fiction series named Star Trek New Voyages: Phase II. With the proliferation of the Internet‚ it has become easier than ever before to have access to other fans of a certain work and as a result‚ create
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The Statement of Online music and the Rationale for the study: Music is an irreplaceable aspect of a culture. In current years‚ along with the development of technology‚ online music had a great chance to develop. 2003 - 2008 was a period of "perversion" of online music. A large number of online music services and music websites had appeared enhanced the development of domestic music. Music websites became the huge music stores with millions music tracks. Never before‚ domestic music was so richness
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The Digital Age in Music: How Advancements in Technology are Re-shaping the Industry Michael Martin Monmouth University Abstract The ever-changing landscape of music distribution‚ due to constant advancements in technology‚ is sometimes hard to keep up with for artist‚ producer‚ and consumer alike. New editions of textbooks in Music Business classes are issued each year‚ and changes are made in the industry before the semester is even over. Because of this‚ it is vital for the industry to
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about what you’re putting out. When you’re as concerned as most musicians about getting the music just right‚ it also follows that you’re going to be concerned about which formats you record onto. And in my opinion‚ that’s exactly why to choose vinyl. Simply put‚ it enables you to express yourself better. Here’s why. Remember that vinyl is the only format that is completely lossless -- so even when you play that record on a cheap record player (with a good needle‚ of course)‚ the music will sound
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provide an overview of how the prices in the vertical chain for music compact discs correlates with how prices are divided according to the mentioned links in production chain of the music industry. Secondly I will by use of Porter’s five forces explain the pattern of this. Very few big record companies heavily control the music industry. This is also known as Oligopoly‚ which makes the record companies price setters in the music industry and leaves them with significant more power than that of the
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Roadie Job Description: Roadies (also known as technical support staff) help to stage music concerts and other events. You would set up before a gig‚ look after the instruments during the show‚ and pack away afterwards. In this job you would need to work well as part of a team. You would need to be comfortable working at heights. You would also need to work calmly when under pressure to meet time deadlines. Qualifications required: It is not required to have any formal qualifications to work
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I would consider the sharing and downloading of songs from the Internet to be wrong when a purchase isn’t made to obtain the download. When ecommerce is circumvented and a song is downloaded from the Internet the effects are felt beyond the large music record companies. The fans of that artist‚ the employees that manufacture the digital media‚ even you as the person downloading the content will have consequences. If the demand for a product is high the price for such product does not have to be
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