Censorship Of The Music Industry

The technological advancements of the last century have reshaped our society by continuously trying to improve different aspects of daily life. Unfortunately many of these advances have had unforeseen negative consequences. The modernization of the music industry has always intended to boost revenue by making music easier to access for the consumer and the invention of the World Wide Web provided a platform that made music more accessible than ever before. The availability of music over the internet, however, also exacerbated the issue of music piracy and introduced the new issue of illegal MP3 downloads. Many people were willing to break the law to obtain free music simply because it became easy and anonymous. Many people who have pirated music do

Another reason people to not take music piracy seriously is because they assume that artists can afford to lose the money. While it may be true that many wealthy music artists can afford a significant decrease in their income, music piracy affects every single person whose job is involved in the production and distribution of a piece music. In an age when the majority of people listen to music via the internet, online music piracy poses a threat to the industry that will eventually slow down global music production if it is not properly regulated. Many figures and artists in the music industry acknowledged that the rise in internet use would be revolutionary to music and did their best to seize the opportunity. The iTunes store is an online music archive developed by Apple Inc and launched in January of 2001 that has become one of the most successful and well known services in