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  1. 1. Creative Destruction and the Music Industry: an investigation concerning new music technologies such as peer-to-peer file sharing and cloud computing and how these affect the informal and formal norms towards copyright protection and music consumption.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Edward Sandels; [2012]
    Keywords : creative destruction; copyright legislation; music industry; control vs. connectivity; cloud computing; belief systems; formal and informal norms; institutionalism; file sharing; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with how creative destruction of the music industry caused by digital technologies can change formal and informal norms concerning the protection of copyrighted material. In the process of creative destruction new innovations can be so great that they change people’s beliefs: in the case of the music industry the technological shift from analogue to digital technologies, in particular peer-to-peer file sharing, have changed people’s views on the morality of piracy due to the low risk involvement that these innovations bring. READ MORE

  3. 2. Opportunistic Crowdsourcing for Collective Music Sharing

    University essay from KTH/Kommunikationsnät

    Author : Zhaofei Chen; [2011]
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    Abstract : The fast spreading of smart mobile devices has changed the way people create and share multimedia content. Infrastructure networks, such as 802. READ MORE

  4. 3. Visual weight – the importance of cover art in vinyl albums

    University essay from Institutionen för teknik och naturvetenskap; Tekniska högskolan

    Author : Anna Tim; [2011]
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    Abstract : The vinyl album record cover was long one of the primary ways for bands and artists to expose themselves visually. During the 1950's, experimental design was seen particularly in jazz covers, while the early rock music had a more direct and commercial approach to cover design. READ MORE

  5. 4. Changes in media consumption and file sharing : The impact of legislation and new digital media services

    University essay from IHH, Informatik

    Author : Justus Lundström; Jonas Widriksson; Viktor Zaunders; [2010]
    Keywords : Internet; IPRED; regulations; piracy; illegal; file sharing; customer; behaviour; young; products; services; law; regulation; technology; computers; network; media; music; movies; market; copyright; software; intellectual property; attitude;

    Abstract : In this study we investigate how the attitude and behaviour concerning illegal file shar-ing have changed among the young population in Sweden. The study will analyze the impact of the IPRED law that was introduced in April 2008 and new digital media ser-vices that have emerged in the last couple of years. READ MORE

  6. 5. Understanding the Digital Music Customer : Attributes of Satisfaction

    University essay from IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Evan Hensley; Efstathios Kassios; [2010]
    Keywords : Digital music; record companies; recorded music; digital customer; new customer; creative destruction; file sharing; digital music services; new media;

    Abstract : Record companies are suffering due to a downturn in recorded music sales. Innovative firms have developed digital music services that offer recorded music products to customers in new ways, yet sales are not what they used to be. Web 2.0 technologies have changed the customer’s tastes, expectations, and desires. READ MORE