Technology Helps Or Hurts Musical Artists
1. Do you think the internet as a technology helps or hurts musical artists? Why do so many musical performers differ in their opinions about the internet?
With the development of the internet and the influence that technology has on musical artists, it has become a convergence that now run hand in hand. Before the internet, artists were recording their music in studios and producers were selling their CD’s to customers in person. Ten years ago, the biggest record labels were worried about online piracy. Watching the decline of CD sales made record labels decide to license their records to new online services. Consumers illegally used programs like Napster and Limewire to pirate music, waiting to download tracks when they were made available.
With the development of the internet and the influence that technology has on musical artists, it has become a convergence that now run hand in hand. Before the internet, artists were recording their music in studios and producers were selling their CD’s to customers in person. Ten years ago, the biggest record labels were worried about online piracy. Watching the decline of CD sales made record labels decide to license their records to new online services. Consumers illegally used programs like Napster and Limewire to pirate music, waiting to download tracks when they were made available.