the day the music stood still
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By Jeremy Lucas. The Day The Music Stood Still. Sociology, Music & You. Concerts are social gatherings People share their musical tastes People share music. Change…. Today’s music sales are down 50% from 2000 iTunes = 85 % of market, 2.5 Billion sold in 2008 Album sales Digital Sales. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Sociology, Music & You Concerts are social gatherings
People share their musical tastes
People share music
Change… Today’s music sales are down 50% from
2000
iTunes = 85% of market, 2.5 Billion sold in 2008
Album sales
Digital Sales
So How Goes The War On The Consumer? The RIAA’s Stance:
Record companies have never objected to someone making a copy of a CD for their own personal use. We want fans to enjoy the music they bought legally. But both copying CDs to give to friends and downloading music illegally rob the people who created that music of compensation for their work.