COMM 330 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Audio Codec, Secure Digital Music Initiative, Warner Music Group
24 Mar 2017
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Internet: 2000: the recording industry association of american began to file lawsuits to force free music exchanges, 2012: riaa worked with the film industry to get legislation passed through the us congress that would have required. Industry: the suits: the recording industry, the key elements of the recording industry, talent, producers, recording studios, the recording companies, various labels, the distributors, independent promoters, and retailers, recording studios and record companies. Now relatively cheap to create and can be found in most cities. Recording companies are still important gatekeepers: often decide who gets distributed and promoted nationally. Four big companies: sony, emi, universal, and. Labels first copy costs for cds are high: have to pay an independent promoter to get a song on the radio. Many groups are increasingly going with independent labels. Radio has become less central to music promotion: music distribution.
