2006-08-10

Digitalisation, Copyright, and the Music Industries

In June 2004, a young man, whose computer had 6,000 Music MP3 files, agreed to pay International Federation of Phonographic Industries 8,000 Euro. "The music business is the first major sector of culture production to confront the challenges and opportunities offered by the Internet." said the Author, David Hesmondhalgh. As he outlines, "the issue of copyright is central to developments in the music industries and in the cultural industries."

In this paper, readers will not only have an imagination of the challenges in digital distribution but also of the implication of digitalization for music production, distribution and consumption.

To read the complete article:
http://www.open.ac.uk/socialsciences/staff/djhesmonhalgh/digitalisation_copyright_and_the_music_industries.pdf
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