theaters have also closed due to the fact that people are bootlegging the movies and putting them on the internet for different people to watch. People like to take the easy way out when it comes to buying music and or going to the movies. Many record labels have had to shut down just because they have no way to bring in enough money to keep it going. Copyright infringement has left a harmful stain on the music and film industry. The big fact of the matter is that so many people are…
The readings I completed this week really got me thinking about the transformations of music over the years. I have gained a lot more knowledge about the ethics of music and how technology has opened doors for artists and how it has affected the music world for both listeners and the artists themselves. For my response journal this week, I would like to discuss two important areas from the chapters of the book, ‘Capturing Sound’ by Mark Katz that I found really intriguing. One area would be…
Ever since I was little, I would sing and look up music. I would rush home every day after school so that I could practice. My entire life I would strive to become more musically talented. Now that I am older, because of technology, I am interested in Social Media, and how music these days is related to music. Music is my passion. Any chance that I get to learn more about music, I often take. The topic that I have chosen to write about is, how the music industry is affected by the internet and…
is misunderstood by the regulators” (Liebowitz, 2004, pg. 95). There is a lot more to the radio industry and the recording industry then we think there is. Having property rights makes something legal or illegal. The people who would take the songs off the internet and download them to their iPods or iPhones or burn CD illegally do not have any rights to do it, or rights meaning an approval from the artist to publish their song. This is why today artists are getting mad at the fact that new…
Spotify ‘Free’ uses their advertising revenue to pay performance and mechanical royalties to rights holders and creators. According to analyst Glen Peoples of Billboard, on average total revenue per stream on Spotify ‘Free’ is approximately 0.21 cents. Spotify takes a 0.06 cent cut from this amount. The money is then divided and dispersed between Performing Rights Organizations/Publishers who receive 0.026 cents while the owner of the sound recording (usually the record label) receives 0.12…
The company pays back 70% of the money they earn per song back to the rights holders like labels, publishers, and distributers. Although Spotify has paid out over three billion dollars to these rights holders, the money gets divided unfairly among the record company itself and those who actually wrote the music and those who recorded it. Despite…
She says that in the summer time she would sit down with Jon Teichman, the advisor of the club, and listen to vinyl records in his office. That’s he has two turntables in his office and four at home. Before that, the club also started off with each other collecting vinyl records for about a year. Hannah herself owns a portable turntable and records she brings to the club meetings. Her most prized possession cost about $50 and it’s an Abby Road by the Beatles. The reason why has she visited…
Our world today is filled with all types of different cars, these cars get us from point A to point B and provide millions of jobs for people everywhere. Trucks are very important today for agriculture, and hauling whatever you need. I am going to compare the differences between lifting and leveling a truck and the pros and cons of doing it. This can also help you decide what is best for your truck and whether or not you should change the stock ride height. “A leveling kit involves hardware to…
Mud Bog Travis, Joe and randy share the cost of a house in the country with 200 acres. They all love to go mudding. Travis has a ram 3500 cummins turbo diesel that has a 6 inch lift and maxxis all terrain tires with beadlocks. Joe has a jeep wrangler rubicon with a 4 inch lift and super swampers. Randy drives a chevy duramax turbo diesel and a 6 inch lift with super swampers. These three friends love to go mudding and they do whenever they can on their 200 acres. But this time it was going to…
Introduction The story of K-Mart began in 1897, when a man by the name of Sebastian Spering Kresge had the idea to open up a discount store in the heart of Detroit and form a partnership with a man by the name of John McCrory. This whole idea of offering goods and products to customers at discounted rates changed the ideas of retail in a way that was never seen before. It was two years after this partnership began, that it also ended in which Kresege took over, entitling these Detroit stores…