Franzo, El Kaim, Tussy, Touron
THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
Every morning, you use to switch on your MP3 player and listen to your favorite singers. But did you ever wonder how this music comes into your MP3 player?
We know that since few decades the music industry has really changed, in fact we spend far less money buying CDs or even digital downloads because there's a more simple way to obtain music: illegal download! But this practice has weakened the music industry. Indeed, it's more and more difficult for an artist to live on his music. So they had to find other way to become famous, and promote their music.
I- Legal or illegal?
We know that since few decades the music industry has really changed, in fact we spend far less money buying CDs or even digital downloads because there's a more simple way to obtain music: illegal download! But this practice has weakened the music industry. Indeed, it's more and more difficult for an artist to live on his music. So they had to find other way to become famous, and promote their music.
I- Legal or illegal?
A few years ago, we bought CDs in our supermarket to obtain music, but since the internet era, people prefer download.
The music industry found a solution: they made profit from the internet by creating sites on which we can download or listen to music.
-Quote 5 sites on which we can download music legally. Do you use sites regularly to obtain freely and legally music? What sites? http://arts.guardian.co.uk/netmusic/page/0,,1127237,00.html
-Quote the different ways that you have to listen to music freely. Do you use one of them? Which one? http://www.newmediarights.org/guide/how_to/how_listen_music_internet_freelegally
-Look at this video: http://www.vimeo.com/4249732
What is it the amount of illegal music downloaded? What does the IFPI mean? What is its aim?
II- How does the Music Industry counter Piracy?
Cross the words of the list on the right side.
With the unused letters, form the name of a famous website which allows you to discover new talents:
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How does this website work?
Click on this link: http://www.soc.duke.edu/~s142tm01/reaction.html
Find the measures that the Music Industry used in order to limit the Internet Piracy.
Read this article: http://emusician.com/tutorials/emusic_myspace_musicians/
What is the website that the article talks about?
Which band is taken as an example for this article? Find their personal page on this famous website. Do they manage to earn money and how?
III- Conclusion
The Music Industry is going worse day by day. Since the last decade, many illegal ways appeared but a lot of measures and possibilities have been created by the Music Industry in order to counter Piracy.
Nevertheless, thanks to networks on Internet, like MySpace, the Music Industry is still alive. Artists can share their music and be discovered by everyone.
