Although their points of view of the authors are very different, the content of their papers show some common ground. Dolfsma states, although ineffectively, that the Internet should be “free of copyright control” but the Carlson School of Management argues that the “enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights… is crucial to the viability of online
In describing the “Virtual Value Chain”, the authors of “The Move to Artist-Led Online Music Distribution: Explaining Structural Changes in the Digital Music Market”(2005) claim that “the emerging digital music market supports dramatically reduced production and distribution costs”. Since the same recording is used for both physical and digital distribution, recording costs stay the same.
The article The Move to Artist-Led Online Music Distribution: Explaining Structural Changes in the Digital Music Market (2005) by Jesse Bockstedt, Robert J. Kauffman and Frederick J. Riggins of the Carlson School of Management is an expository analysis of the future structure of the music industry and the role of digital technology players in the
Dr. Bakker uses an objective tone, rational arguments and an abundance of references to show that the traditional music industry is defending its interests with inconsistent logic and rhetoric in “The end of the CD as we know it… Shifting consumer behaviour and changing business models in the music industry”. The article clearly explains the
I have been revisiting an essay I wrote in late 2005 that discussed the different points of view on the future of copyright law and technology as it relates to the music industry. In an earlier post, I reviewed “How Will the Music Industry Weather the Globalization Storm?” by Wilfred Dolfsma (2000). Digital technology’s role