A couple of interesting articles I came across.
http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,54773,00.html
http://janisian.com/article-internet_debacle.html
http://janisian.com/article-fallout.html
The first one is about how the recording industry blames the rapid decline of album sales on a new technology that allows people to easily copy and transport music. It's expected to cripple the major record labels.
The year was 1979. Audio cassettes and the Sony Walkman were the feared technologies.
The next two articles are written by Janis Ian who has been a popular songwriter and performer since the 1960s, and has decided that Internet music downloads help her and many other recording artists. She wrote an article saying so, then wrote a followup piece.
http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,54773,00.html
http://janisian.com/article-internet_debacle.html
http://janisian.com/article-fallout.html
The first one is about how the recording industry blames the rapid decline of album sales on a new technology that allows people to easily copy and transport music. It's expected to cripple the major record labels.
The year was 1979. Audio cassettes and the Sony Walkman were the feared technologies.
The next two articles are written by Janis Ian who has been a popular songwriter and performer since the 1960s, and has decided that Internet music downloads help her and many other recording artists. She wrote an article saying so, then wrote a followup piece.