I Love stories like these...
A march continues towards a (much needed) new music
industry...
Amazon Helping To Change The Business Of Music
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/19/amazon-helping-to-change-the-business-of-music/
The signs are everywhere that a revolution is taking place in music. DRM is history, the price of music is falling towards zero (and sometimes even free isn’t enough to slow piracy), and even big music sites like Yahoo are beginning to break ranks with the RIAA and labels.
But Amazon may be doing more than anyone else to change the way music is discovered, promoted and sold. Not only do they have a music store that only sells DRM-free music, but they are experimenting with startups who are trying to break the stranglehold that labels have on discovering, promoting and marketing new artists. These startups are giving artists a different path to find their fans. And Amazon is helping them...
Click to continue reading.
Amazon Helping To Change The Business Of Music
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/19/amazon-helping-to-change-the-business-of-music/
The signs are everywhere that a revolution is taking place in music. DRM is history, the price of music is falling towards zero (and sometimes even free isn’t enough to slow piracy), and even big music sites like Yahoo are beginning to break ranks with the RIAA and labels.
But Amazon may be doing more than anyone else to change the way music is discovered, promoted and sold. Not only do they have a music store that only sells DRM-free music, but they are experimenting with startups who are trying to break the stranglehold that labels have on discovering, promoting and marketing new artists. These startups are giving artists a different path to find their fans. And Amazon is helping them...
Click to continue reading.
Posted: Fri - December 28, 2007 at 06:06 AM |
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