Essays on Music Piracy

Introduction Some people say music piracy is bleeding the music industry to its death, others say it’s a cheap way to get the word out on new artists. Either way you look at it piracy is a big deal Here you can see how in...

The demand for new release music and a strong urgency to get ahold of it by any means possible has led to a rise in online piracy. Many choose to take advantage of online media hosting sites rather than purchasing physical copies of new release...

Maybe you have downloaded a song from the Internet lately. And perhaps that song that you downloaded was by an artist that you had never heard before. Then you might have gotten their CD or gone to see them live. Maybe that artist supported downloading...

Daily usage of the internet has certainly transformed our lives today. The ease of communication, learning and exploration the World Wide Web by just some clicks is the main reason this phenomenal technology has become an integral part of our day to day lives. However,...

Before there was Apple Music, Pandora, Spotify and many of the streaming platforms that people have grown to love (or hate), there was a growing usage of platforms like Napster and LimeWire. These platforms allowed people to listen and download music for free, but illegally...

With the huge decline in music revenues across the globe, its key to review the impact that the shift in habits of audience’s preferences for easier accessing music. With the turn of the 21st century introducing the world with portable digital music devices such as...

Digital technological modernizations in music entertainment are commonly perceived to be fundamentally disturbing the authority or part of commercial actors inside the music business and their recognized trade practices and benefits. In particular, the internet is widely regarded as having produced a “crisis” for the...

Abstract Terms like “continual growth” or “progress” cease to exist in an industry if there isn’t any room for “improvement” or “persistent change” as times move ahead, therefore eventually leading to unavoidable losses of sorts. In today’s day and age, individually buying musical content now...

We cannot stress enough the importance of music in our daily life. The language of music is one of the most important platforms that allow us to speak a common language which acts as a social narrative. It helps to bridge gaps and unite people....