The documentary we watched in class discussed many of the problems facing the music industry today. The issue’s that really caught my attention were the problems with the quality of music and digital file sharing. Digital file sharing has been a problem since the creation of Napster in 2001. Many opponents of digital file sharing believe that it has had an effect on record sales. However, proponents believe quite the opposite; that digital file sharing has led to an increase of sales and that people who share music digitally are more likely to go out and buy a CD of the artist. In the documentary, it was believed that the industry has stopped making good music. The bad quality of music in the industry has led to the digital file sharing happening today. He believes that the “public will buy good music, if there’s good music to buy.” I agree with this statement. As I’m sure is the case with many other people; I would be willing to spend the money to buy a CD that was WORTH the money. An album that has 15 tracks, 3 of which are good, is not a CD worth spending money on.
How do you guys feel about this statement? If the industry was putting out better quality music, would you spend the money to support an artist?
http://www.heritage.org/research/internetandtechnology/bg1790.cfm
