Although iTunes is still the Internet’s biggest music retailer, more music is still traded illegally than ever gets sold on iTunes. Now, the big labels are looking at another way to entice fans into buying music. A lot of buzz is circulating about one service in particular: Spotify. According to Ted Cohen, EMI’s senior VP of Digital Development and Distribution, it’s been a hit with more than 7 million fans overseas.
My take on it:
We know that iTunes is of course the web's largest seller in music, but there is nonetheless a great amount of music that is pushed through the underground market for music. Big league labels are searching for an alternative to interest fans in purchasing music. There is great talk about a popular service that can do just that. The name of it is Spotify. Affirmed by Ted Cohen, it has been used by a myriad of people, that includes over 7 million fans abroad.
Peace, Ebony. " iTunes Competition on the Way: Spotify." brooklynbodega.com. Cirefly Studios, 8 Mar 2010. Web. 8 Nov 2010. <http://www.brooklynbodega.com/2010/03/08/itunes-competition-on-the-way-spotify/>.
My reaction to this quote is unsurprised. I think there will always be illegal downloads of music as long as people can obtain it no matter what hot sensation comes out. My reasoning behind this is why would someone buy it if they can get it free? The number is probably increasing as the economy decreases because music can be costly and easily obtained illegally. Good looking post; your blog looks really professional.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment Blackcat haha! I appreciate that, and yeah that's what I want from the crowd, is for people to understand that it is professional.
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