MUSIC AND THE INTERNET-Croize-Fougere, Jacoby, Le Bastard, Pradier

 

Croizé-Fougère Marie

Jacoby Erika

Le Bastard Sophie

Pradier Elsa

THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

 

It is often said that the music industry (it’s the record companies and artists seen as a whole) is threatened by new technologies such as Internet. But it is always justified: it can be helpful and profitable to improve their audience or to be discovered.

The way to download

1-    Go on Google, what are the three first downloading software you find? Are they legal?

2-    Do you use one of these software or others? 

Problems

3-    Read this article: http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Internet/2004/music_downloading.asp

What are the 2 countries with legal issues for downloading music?

What is the main problem for music industry?

4-    According to this website:

     http://www.ehow.com/about_4810871_laws-against-downloading-music.html and     

     your knowledge, complete this sentence:

• Some legal solution exist, for example you can download music legally from websites like … or …

Artists’ opinion

5-    Now go to this page:

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Showbiz-News/Illegal-Downloading-Shakira-Norah-Jones-and-Nelly-Furtado-Disagree-With-Lily-Allens-Crackdown/Article/200910315408601

What do you think about the different artists’ opinions you have read ?

A good way to be known

       6- Do you know artists who have been known by Internet?

           So, in your opinion, is Internet a good way for promoting music? Are there limits?

     

        7-  http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/nov/01/tunited-midge-ure-ultravox-downloads

            Read the two first paragraphs: what tools the Tunited website gives to artists like            

            Midge Ure?

        

        8- http://www.musicsubmit.com/

           What kind of services does the music submit website offer?

Internet, a tool/ manner to create your music

http://www.indie-musicnetwork.com/

http://www.jamstudio.com/Studio/index.htm

What do these websites permit to do?

True or False

In countries like Canada and China, you can download music more legally     T/F

With the website Musicsubmit, you can save money  T/F

Blubster is software to download music T/F

Lily Allen is against downloading T/F

Tunited permits artists to take a fairer share of revenue from downloads T/F    

To conclude, you have seen through this treasure hunt that new technologies aren’t so harmful for the music industry. However, illegal downloading remains a problem for it.