Music business
Interesting article on The Register about music piracy. In this instance, they’re actually talking about physical piracy – illicit CDs, copied en masse. After the analysis, the piece ends with this paragraph.
Kennedy said that the extent of piracy in Africa means that “there’s now no legal [music] business outside of South Africa, because there’s no investment.” This will come as news to all the African-based artists such as those in Abuja (where the venerable Today programme taped a segment in a nightclub for its Africa day on May 25th). What the IFPI means, of course, is that there’s no record business for its members in those countries – just people making music and enjoying it, because their audience can’t afford CDs. Or indeed CD players.
Which is surely the central issue – is the “music” business about making money from selling recordings, or is it about making and propagating music? For most people, I suspect that it ought to be the latter. It should be more “music” and less “business”.
pax et bonum
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