Designs by Emily Clare

The music industry is trying to create a new business model because their old one is slowly dying. The panel that this article talks about is trying to decide how to generate revenue and control the pipeline that is slowing drifting away from the big businesses. One suggestion is that labels don’t sell music online anymore but rather use it for marketing material for other products. If that was done the digital rights management software would be removed from the music so that it could be converted into any form the listener wishes. On one hand it could help new artists get out to a wider audience and could generate more revenue but on the other hand the music labels lose much of their control on their product. The article also goes on to talk about how artists themselves are choosing more of where they want their work versus the labels.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/business/

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