Required Reading
Bazelon, Coleman, and Lisa Cameron. "The Impact of Digitization on Business Models in Copyright-Driven Industries: A Review of the Economic Issues." (n.d.): n. pag. National Academies. National Research Council (NRC) Committee on the Impact of Copyright Policy on Innovation in the Digital Era, 26 Feb. 2013. Web. 2 Nov. 2014. <http://sites.nationalacademies.org/cs/groups/pgasite/documents/webpage/pga_063398.pdf>.
This article discusses the economic issues that have surfaced due to the sudden, extreme technological advancements in music, and is a great article to read because it goes into thorough depth and analysis about the topic, giving great factual examples that show how extreme the economic issues are from music digitization.
Cowan, Robin, and Elad Harison. "Mobilizing Digital Sounds: Appropriation and Dispute of Music Recordings." (n.d.): n. pag. Serci. June 2002. Web. 2 Nov. 2014. <http://www.serci.org/2002/harrison-cowan.pdf>.
This article discusses how the technological side of music, the devices used for music, have effected the type of music, style of music, and profit from music. It focuses on a side not really deemed as important: how the technology used for music has changed the music throughout the centuries, and if the mobilization of music, using portable devices, has effect the world in a way not realized before.
Kramer, Jonathan D. "College Music Symposium." The Impact of Technology on the Musical Experience. The Musical Experience, 15 Apr. 1997. Web. 1 Nov. 2014.
This article takes the side of pro-digitization because it focuses on the beauty of being able to listen to your own music, on-the-go, and whenever you would like. The writer, Kramer, was a composer who died listening to his own music from online, and just before death took him, he exclaimed that it was one of the best moments he had ever witnessed. This article is filled with many ethical and pathetic appeals, and is an amazing read.
Mathew, Prabha S. "Case Study: Impact of Digitization on Music Industry in the Recent Times." International Journal Of Management And Social Sciences Research (IJMSSR) 2.9 (2013): 12-13. Web. 10 Nov. 2014.
This article shows the economic pros and cons of music digitization, provides many logistic examples of data and facts, and gives a personal view on the digitization of music in the form of the effects of it on India, Mathew's home town. It shows the suffering that businesses go through due to illegal downloading and lack of profit due to the advancements of music. This article is an excellent read because it gives many facts and a different view on the cultural side effects of technological music advancements.
Towse, Ruth, The Economic Effects of Digitization on the Administration of Musical Copyrights (December 31, 2013). Review of Economic Research on Copyright Issues, 2013, 10(2), 55-67. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2381882. 1 Nov. 2014.
This article focuses on the increased difficulty in copyrighting music due to the technological advancements because of the increase in the field that music can be created. Due to the increased difficulty, there are less people enjoying their jobs, and less value given to the music being created because so many people are more concerned with the ownership of the music than the value of the music itself. This article takes a different direction that normal, instead focusing on how copyrights have become more difficult to create rather than showing the cons in the economy.
Please view this slideshow for more ideas on music digitization, and its effects on the world!
http://www.slideshare.net/bissen/perspectives-on-digitization-of-music
This article discusses the economic issues that have surfaced due to the sudden, extreme technological advancements in music, and is a great article to read because it goes into thorough depth and analysis about the topic, giving great factual examples that show how extreme the economic issues are from music digitization.
Cowan, Robin, and Elad Harison. "Mobilizing Digital Sounds: Appropriation and Dispute of Music Recordings." (n.d.): n. pag. Serci. June 2002. Web. 2 Nov. 2014. <http://www.serci.org/2002/harrison-cowan.pdf>.
This article discusses how the technological side of music, the devices used for music, have effected the type of music, style of music, and profit from music. It focuses on a side not really deemed as important: how the technology used for music has changed the music throughout the centuries, and if the mobilization of music, using portable devices, has effect the world in a way not realized before.
Kramer, Jonathan D. "College Music Symposium." The Impact of Technology on the Musical Experience. The Musical Experience, 15 Apr. 1997. Web. 1 Nov. 2014.
This article takes the side of pro-digitization because it focuses on the beauty of being able to listen to your own music, on-the-go, and whenever you would like. The writer, Kramer, was a composer who died listening to his own music from online, and just before death took him, he exclaimed that it was one of the best moments he had ever witnessed. This article is filled with many ethical and pathetic appeals, and is an amazing read.
Mathew, Prabha S. "Case Study: Impact of Digitization on Music Industry in the Recent Times." International Journal Of Management And Social Sciences Research (IJMSSR) 2.9 (2013): 12-13. Web. 10 Nov. 2014.
This article shows the economic pros and cons of music digitization, provides many logistic examples of data and facts, and gives a personal view on the digitization of music in the form of the effects of it on India, Mathew's home town. It shows the suffering that businesses go through due to illegal downloading and lack of profit due to the advancements of music. This article is an excellent read because it gives many facts and a different view on the cultural side effects of technological music advancements.
Towse, Ruth, The Economic Effects of Digitization on the Administration of Musical Copyrights (December 31, 2013). Review of Economic Research on Copyright Issues, 2013, 10(2), 55-67. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2381882. 1 Nov. 2014.
This article focuses on the increased difficulty in copyrighting music due to the technological advancements because of the increase in the field that music can be created. Due to the increased difficulty, there are less people enjoying their jobs, and less value given to the music being created because so many people are more concerned with the ownership of the music than the value of the music itself. This article takes a different direction that normal, instead focusing on how copyrights have become more difficult to create rather than showing the cons in the economy.
Please view this slideshow for more ideas on music digitization, and its effects on the world!
http://www.slideshare.net/bissen/perspectives-on-digitization-of-music