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The Real Death of the Music Industry

• simonblack 12y ago
  It's a bit like the 'Innovator's Dilemma'. The Labels are trying to squeeze as much as possible from the old paradigms/genres, instead of looking ahead for the next wave. It would be interesting to see how much the Labels' share has shrunk since the introduction of paid digital-download distributors like iTunes, Amazon, etc
  • api 12y ago
    I think it's worse than that. What next wave are you referring to? Everyone wants everything online to be free so what should they do, insert ads into songs? I know people in art, music, etc. and all of them wish people in tech would put down the kool aid for one second and actually look at what's happening to those industries. It's not pretty. Musicians are on their way back to being starving minstrels unless they have a patron or are so insanely popular they can get by on no margin.