The global economic downturn has actually accelerated the Internet-fuelled fall in sales of physical music. But however, a survey of more than 8,000 young Asians between 15 and 24 years old found only 11 percent paid for the music they obtained online. Faced with such huge figures, music tries to make people paid for music in a completely new way. Paul Smith, from Nokia, said the handset manufacturer was now offering music services bundled with its mobile phones.
Instead of paying per song, people now are allowed to download and song they want into their phones over 12 to 18-month period. The cost of the music is indirectly factored into the price of the handset and this is like buying a headset that you need and having new songs every now and then for just the price of the headset. I think through this way, downloading music illegally is no longer necessary.
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Hey You Quan! I think that if manufacturers are trying to get people to pay for music through such indirect methods, it will do nothing to curb music piracy. As long as consumers can still download music for free off the internet, music piracy will continue.
ReplyDeleteIt really is hard to eradicate piracy on the Internet, and while people can try to take steps to fight the scourge I doubt any major impact can be had. Perhaps they should look into taking radical steps - giving music away for free, perhaps? Then earning money through concerts and merchandise sales after a fanbase has been developed with the free downloads.
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