1. With the trends of people, especially youths, turning to the internet as their primary sources for internet and even television and film, the numbers for the decline of record sales are staggering and it's only getting worse. With downloadable software like LimeWire, people are stealing music from the artists. However, iTunes is also a reliable source for downloading music but even that's not secure anymore. It's easy to buy a song, download it, then send it to virtually anyone with a computer.
"In the none-too-distant future, techno-visionaries declare, musicians will not need record labels. Instead, they will market and sell recordings directly to fans over the Internet. Even the labels that manage to hang on to their artists will find their sales eviscerated by piracy. With free music available on the Web via Napster and other song-trading services, only fools will pay for songs."
2. I believe that sites and internet users will continue to pirate and "file share" music programs because it's the cheaper, faster alternative to going out to the store and spending fifteen dollars for fifteen tracks on a CD. Especially in these economic times, illegal downloading music is widely socially acceptable while it's not necessarily legal.
3. MySpace has been an extremely useful site for up and coming musicians. Owl City, a new artist who is topping the pop charts, began just by having a MySpace music site. And many DJs say that it's more useful for wannabe musicians to have a MySpace music page than have occasional airplay. This will continue to be a new way for talent to be discovered as it becomes more and more popular.
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