Summary: Music Censorship Of Music

Radio stations started the new wave of media technology during the era of Industrialism. As technology evolves, the radio stations and managers adapt to the respective technologies. Radio Stations and the music industry parallel as the technology progresses. In the current era of music, people buy their music through online distribution sites such as Spotify, Apple Music and third party sites. Previously, music sold on cassettes, compact discs, and vinyl. The one aspect that stays consistent is the purpose for radio, sharing music for the promotional purpose of each artist. As the radio industry progresses, new forms of distribution of music occur and simultaneously the prevalence of piracy as technology evolves with society. Wendy Threatt,

The pirating of music affected the music industry by increase of protection of the content but radio listening still seems consistent. At first, compact discs sold soon became bootlegged so the product was harder to apprehend unless sold in mass production. In online distribution, the Internet allows more policing of pirating music due to algorithms to catch thieves. This action causes severely regulated content in comparison to previous mediums for music. The copyright protections help artist receive money for his or her work, but online music still attracts piracy. The organization, ASCAP, is protective of music and more importantly the artists. In the F-Spotify article the author wrote one of the hottest topics around online streaming, artists’ financial reimbursement. Piracy and these new distribution tactics reduce the amount of money returned to the recording company and artist. Pirating music “threatens the basic incentive to create new works; new rights and remedies are needed to restore the balance”(Wu 278). Each artist puts time and effort to creating content for consumers and the artists deserve compensation, which seems a problem. For instance, Taylor Swift wrote a letter to Apple Music for compensation for all artists. In context with copyright law, “the law of copyright is designed to provide financial benefit to the owners of original arrangements of expressive element that have been fixed in a tangible medium” (Gerland 76). Every pirated song violates copyright yet people try still and avoid consequences. A variety of people made comments about how the artist are asking for millions while they make enough, why do the artist want more money for their art. All work should get compensation yet piracy causes loss of money for this industry and the film industry. In regard to the radio industry, if a consumer does not want to buy content radio