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Feb 10
Long before the advent of music filing sharing, there was the "home taping is killing the music industry" debate. While the head of the European Tape Industry Association was hardly a neutral party, in this 1978 Billboard Magazine piece, Henry Pattinson frames the issue with some quotes that sound very similar to modern arguments about file sharing:
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Feb 06
Buy It, Cherry Pick It, Stream It, or Steal It?
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Randall Roberts's review of the new Van Halen album in the L.A. Times does a great job of summing up the choices today's music listeners have:
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Jan 27
The Right to Re-Sell Purchased Digital Content
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I've long believed that the pricing of digital albums, with the exception of the sub $5 specials at Amazon MP3 and the cheaper offerings in the eMusic catalog, too often fails to account for the loss of the potential resale value that purchasers of music CDs enjoy.
But from the details in this WSJ piece on Apple's foray into the digital textbook market, it appears that Apple is offering a substantial discount from physical book prices, one that is much greater than that of most digital music: Continue reading “The Right to Re-Sell Purchased Digital Content” »
But from the details in this WSJ piece on Apple's foray into the digital textbook market, it appears that Apple is offering a substantial discount from physical book prices, one that is much greater than that of most digital music: Continue reading “The Right to Re-Sell Purchased Digital Content” »
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Dec 30
The Top 7 Digital Audio Insider Posts of 2011
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The seven posts below generated the most page views, comments, and e-mails for this site over the past year. Thanks to everyone who read, commented, linked, and e-mailed. Happy New Year!
Spot the Spotify Payment
...the average streaming rate is small enough that it'd take 244 Spotify spins to equal the label cut of a 99-cent iTunes download. But the real question here, in terms of artist/label compensation, is what Spotify activity actually represents. That is, is it simply a new revenue stream, providing income from listeners who don't normally purchase music, or is there also a cannibalization factor, where ...
Spot the Spotify Payment
...the average streaming rate is small enough that it'd take 244 Spotify spins to equal the label cut of a 99-cent iTunes download. But the real question here, in terms of artist/label compensation, is what Spotify activity actually represents. That is, is it simply a new revenue stream, providing income from listeners who don't normally purchase music, or is there also a cannibalization factor, where ...
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Dec 28
Another Advantage for Google
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Something I noticed for the first time this morning -- Google is plugging its Android music market on its home page:
Given the number of page views, Google ability to advertise on its main page gives it a huge built-in advantage for almost any market. Continue reading “Another Advantage for Google” »
Given the number of page views, Google ability to advertise on its main page gives it a huge built-in advantage for almost any market. Continue reading “Another Advantage for Google” »
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