Most people have some music they
love to listen to in their free time or just in the flow of their day.
Fortunately for us we can have any type of music on the go wherever we go, but
with this technological advancement of portable music comes different options
of receiving the music. Most people digitally get their music so they can have
it on their IPod or IPhone, which brings up a problem concerning digital
piracy. How much do you think digital
piracy is affecting the music industry? How can information systems discourage
the behavior of stealing music online? These two questions raise a lot of good
debates. I’m not so sure if there is one correct answer. It seems that music
artist are not discourage from getting into the music industry as a career.
Countless times I interact with people who express how they do not and will not
pay for music when they can have it for free on the internet. Other times I
come across people who always buy music whether it’s from ITunes or Amazon.
Just from looking at the culture today it seems as if there are more people
downloading instead of paying. When we consider popularity I can’t say that
digital piracy is affecting the music industry at all. Artists are definitely
getting the notoriety from the work they create. On the other hand artists
might be losing out on some money from record sells and purchases online.
Digital piracy is very prevalent in America because of how easy it is to be a
pirate on the Internet even though the existence of the copyright. Although
digital piracy is prevalent, Apple’s ITunes has really helped with the problem
of digital piracy concerning music downloading online. Not only do people love
the IPhone they also love buying music in ITunes because it is such an easy and
reliable system. Is ITunes a information system that can solve the problem of
digital piracy concerning online downloaded music? ITunes is certainly a
success when it comes to paying for digital music or digital art. Digital
piracy is a topic that will always deserve a serious debate especially in a age
where everything is going digital.
Written by:
Braxton Ogbueze
Piracy is a problem. Unfortunately, many industries become too comfortable and waste more time and money fighting trends rather than managing them. For example, Apple figured part of the out the solution with iTunes. The music industry figured out a large part of the solution only a few years ago with 360 deals (they own a piece of everything the talent ever does in any medium).
ReplyDeleteI recently watched a Berkeley interview with a record executive who mentioned that he believed the music industry was about to enter a second Golden age. This is because of ubiquitous wifi. The idea being, that as high-speed internet connections become ubiquitous, people will opt to pay monthly music subscriptions for unlimited music access and storage rather than go to all the trouble of finding a quality bootleg and transferring it from device to device.
What's interesting is that just as information technology was responsible for destroying large swaths of the recording industry, it is now predicted that same technology will also be responsible for breathing new life into it.
I do not think the problem of piracy will ever end simply because there will always be a way to download music, videos, movies, etc for free! and free is something most people love! But I do believe information systems such as iTunes has helped decrease the amount of people downloading illegally simply because its cheap, quick, and easy!
ReplyDeleteyour right about the music part. movies and tv shows is what would cost more and there are all kinds of ways of getting it for free. there is something called popcorn time that have all the movies and tv shows that you stream for free and in HD. it is amazing.
Delete"one main problem is privacy" i would say. people would not want the people what you like and what you download.
ReplyDeleteThe way for artest to make money is never going to change, they play shows and sell overpriced t-shirts. The record labels themselves are who is suffering. The average person might say why should the record labels make more money? Well for the artist to be able to play shows, they must first become popular enough. And these days the only way to become popular if to sign with a major label.
ReplyDeleteyour right. record labels do lose money and for the artist, it is not as big of a deal for them cause they make most money from live performances.
DeleteI don't think there is ever going to be a way to completely control music piracy. Even artists music albums that haven't even been released to the public yet are being someone how getting hacked into and getting exposed. It's really fan loyalty that is going to help the music piracy problem.
ReplyDeleteAgree on the fan loyalty. That's actually what I witness with Asian popular music. Fans actually buy multiple copies (sometimes 10!) of the same album just to help their favorite artists get top spots in music charts and win music awards (most of them are based on a number of physical or digital copies sold). On the other hand, piracy in Asia is also a big issue.
DeleteI never found the big deal of piracy until class this past Wednesday. I always though "well the artist is still making a ton of money, so whats the problem?" It never occurred to me that people d suffer from piracy. the people you don't hear about or see. the lower level people who need the money way more then these rich artist.
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