Comments on: Music: Snapshot of an industry in turmoil http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/31/music-snapshot-of-an-industry-in-turmoil/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:09:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: space shank media - blog - archive » Learning from the Music Industry http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/31/music-snapshot-of-an-industry-in-turmoil/comment-page-1/#comment-336880 space shank media - blog - archive » Learning from the Music Industry Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:00:03 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/31/music-snapshot-of-an-industry-in-turmoil/#comment-336880 [...] thinking in the TV/Entertainment business, we only need to read Matthew Ingram’s piece on the Crisis Facing the Music Industry: As sales of physical products such as CDs continue to drop, online sales are rising – they [...] [...] thinking in the TV/Entertainment business, we only need to read Matthew Ingram’s piece on the Crisis Facing the Music Industry: As sales of physical products such as CDs continue to drop, online sales are rising – they [...]

]]> By: mathewi http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/31/music-snapshot-of-an-industry-in-turmoil/comment-page-1/#comment-373893 mathewi Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:43:02 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/31/music-snapshot-of-an-industry-in-turmoil/#comment-373893 But the iPod already exists, why reinvent it? If they're just going to give<br>away music anyway, that's already happening -- they just need to accept it<br>and find a way of working that into their business models. But the iPod already exists, why reinvent it? If they're just going to give
away music anyway, that's already happening — they just need to accept it
and find a way of working that into their business models.

]]> By: srini kumar http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/31/music-snapshot-of-an-industry-in-turmoil/comment-page-1/#comment-373892 srini kumar Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:36:50 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/31/music-snapshot-of-an-industry-in-turmoil/#comment-373892 Record companies should clone (or even innovate on) an old-school iPod and then give it away by the millions. This clone should have integrated wi-fi and be able to download music without connecting to a PC. You shouldn't be able to easily use it as an external hard drive. This would create a second market for digital content. Freebies could be given away to each one every day to keep people using it as well as provide the majors with a way to break new bands. People could subscribe to download bundles or buy them by the bundle. <br><br>Actually what if it was an iPod-combination-cd-burner ? Labels could control the digital rights, users could make mix cd's easily (labels should concede users the right to make a reasonable number of copies for this usage), and it'd be different enough from the iPod to possibly trump it. Sony is looking for a hit in portable music to counter the iPod, and their brand name would make the units very popular. The labels however, should buy and distribute the units, as they are closer to the end consumer and they want to control the final music sales mechanism. Think of it as a "one laptop per child" for digital music. Record companies should clone (or even innovate on) an old-school iPod and then give it away by the millions. This clone should have integrated wi-fi and be able to download music without connecting to a PC. You shouldn't be able to easily use it as an external hard drive. This would create a second market for digital content. Freebies could be given away to each one every day to keep people using it as well as provide the majors with a way to break new bands. People could subscribe to download bundles or buy them by the bundle.

Actually what if it was an iPod-combination-cd-burner ? Labels could control the digital rights, users could make mix cd's easily (labels should concede users the right to make a reasonable number of copies for this usage), and it'd be different enough from the iPod to possibly trump it. Sony is looking for a hit in portable music to counter the iPod, and their brand name would make the units very popular. The labels however, should buy and distribute the units, as they are closer to the end consumer and they want to control the final music sales mechanism. Think of it as a “one laptop per child” for digital music.

]]> By: mathewi http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/31/music-snapshot-of-an-industry-in-turmoil/comment-page-1/#comment-373891 mathewi Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:02:02 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/31/music-snapshot-of-an-industry-in-turmoil/#comment-373891 I haven't, but I'm planning to. As soon as I can find a torrent of it :-) I haven't, but I'm planning to. As soon as I can find a torrent of it :-)

]]> By: Ryan http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/31/music-snapshot-of-an-industry-in-turmoil/comment-page-1/#comment-373890 Ryan Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:26:07 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/31/music-snapshot-of-an-industry-in-turmoil/#comment-373890 Have you read The Pirate's Dilemma?r Have you read The Pirate's Dilemma?r

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