Prof. Emily Perez
English 101A
February,20 2016
Annotated Bibliography
Source 1
Greenblatt, Alan. "Future of the Music Industry." CQ Researcher 21 Nov. 2003: 989-1012. Web. 20 Feb. 2016.
Greenblatt’s text explains the impact of free downloading music from the internet in recent years. Many music producers start to sell their licensed music in a low price against piracy. But many people wonder if this way of selling music will remain profitable in the future. He also believes that the plastic discs have become an anachronism. Because the consumers think they can get a lot more music in the same price as a disc through the Internet than at retail outlets. He mentions the background and the current situation of the music recording. …show more content…
Music industries always complains about the “pirates” steal their music and profits by using downloading and uploading easily. However, the bill to require Internet service providers to stop websites which are posting illegal downloading music was stalled in Congress. Because many Internet service providers are fighting government. They think decreasing music buyer wouldn’t be in their financial interest to conduct business that way. I am interested in this article because it provides some reasons why there is still not a regulate law to ban some music recording websites. And this article uses many data to explain the situation we have now, especially illegal downloads rate and the U.S. Internet use soars. Those details will be really helpful for my research about music …show more content…
The authors also discussed how music piracy affects attendance at live performances and paid-for recorded music, and most important, the research investigates a range of antecedents of music piracy, which is closely related to one of my research goals: how culture background, level of economic development, and average income affects music consumers' consumption preferences and the paid-for music industry. The analysis of music consumption preferences in this study demonstrated that “65% of the sample group buys recording music, 75% downloads music illegally and 72% attends live concerts”, and “The majority of consumers who attend live concerts are more likely to be women, have income higher than £2000 and listen to rock, electronic and jazz music.” I’ll compare these results with my research results to see if people in Asian countries also have the similar behavior as the average income in most Asian countries is significantly lower that average income in