From Katheryn Glass. After years of attempting to battle illegal downloading of musical tracks on the Internet, the recording industry has taken its case to Washington. The industry backed a bill, which was introduced in the US Senate this fall. The bill would shut down sites facilitating illegal downloads, and this idea that fans should […]
Change or Die
September 14, 2009 By 2 Comments
A friend just sent over this post on how the newly elected Chairman of the Entertainment Retailers Association, said that illegal P2P filesharing is the greatest challenge facing entertainment retailers and urged members to lobby Government for a crackdown on a problem he said “is bleeding our industry dry”. Speaking at the association’s annual general […]
Moving toward the river of music – payment plans
January 22, 2009 By 6 Comments
Here is an study of consumer behavior and gym memberships. It casts some light onto the motivators which influence purchasing behavior. Paying Not to go to the Gym The science behind behavioral bias towards all-you-can-eat plans in the attached paper “Paying Not to go to the Gym” is pretty interesting. A private equity firm recently […]
Compensation not Control
January 17, 2009 By 2 Comments
Hot off the Midem press: Compensation Not Control Music 2.0 Gerd Leonhard Midem Net 2009.Keyhttp://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=compensation-not-control-music-20-gerd-leonhard-midemnet-2009key-1232242685491875-2&stripped_title=compensation-not-control-music-20-gerd-leonhard-midem-net-2009key-presentation View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: isps leonhard)
Reconciling the Value of Music
December 19, 2008 By 1 Comment
I had the good fortune of meeting Matthew Daniel of R2G in China a couple of weeks ago. He presented his thoughts on the Chinese music market and reconciling the intrinsic value of music over there. It is very interesting that Intellectual Property has had very little monetary value in China and they are struggling […]
Survey of British Youth
June 18, 2008 By 8 Comments
British Music Rights survey on music consumption of people aged 14-24. The average age of respondents was 22. This is the largest UK academic survey of its kind. * 14-24 year olds love music – arguably more than any previous generation. Well I am not quite sure about this one, but lets move on. * […]
