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to always fight for my own creativity and fight for what I believe is truly right. After a successful worldwide tour that lasted nearly two years, the band had returned home to Los Angeles to work out a new contract with their label Virgin Records/EMI. However, when the band began to renegotiate new terms; the company hit 30 Seconds to Mars with a $30,000,000.00 lawsuit (Cubbins, 2012). According to Billboard reporter Ayala Ben-Yehuda (2008), the record company decided to sue the band for not delivering

This essay examines the life of Emi Calderon Chu who was born in Cuba and was the youngest of three children. Emi resided in an assisted living facility until she passed away Emi migrated to the United States at the ages of 24 in pursuit of better economic opportunities. The catalyst to her migration from Cuba was a result of political turmoil and economic hardship. Upon moving to American Emi resided in a close-knitted ethnic enclave. Emi’s primary language was Spanish and her education profile

<b>1. Background</b> <br>The Napster software (http://www.napster.com), launched early in 1999, allows internet users to share and download MP3 files directly from any computer connected to the Napster network. The software is used by downloading a client program from the Napster site and then connecting to the network through this software, which allows sharing (uploading and downloading) of MP3 files between all users connected to the network. While Napster does not condone copyright infringement

Around the same time the Sex Pistols had been dropped by EMI in early 1977, CBS, another major label, signed The Clash. An A&R representative Dan Loggins told Jon Savage, it was “easier for older, more experienced record people to contemplate taking on Punk than the contemporaries of Punk in the record companies” because they had seen other trends in music come and go (qtd. 304). Similar to the EMI deal offered to the Sex Pistols, CBS was not thinking about the implications of signing The Clash for

began producing the disc in America in 1983. After joining Bertelsmann AG, Sony eventually acquired BMG’s stake in 2008, and began functioning as a wholly owned subsidiary. In July 2012, Sony/ATV Music Publishing purchased the publishing rights of the EMI group, which strengthened Sony’s position as the world’s largest music publisher. Sony’s innovative approach and successful brand name, being associated with numerous motion pictures, computer entertainment, music, television, and online businesses

Digital Music Piracy Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop Digital music piracy, or the unlawful downloading of copyrighted music, has been a controversial topic for more than a decade now. The issue was first brought to attention in 1998 when Shawn Fanning created Napster. Though the MP3 file was originally developed in 1987, Napster represented the first mainstream and user-friendly program to transfer and download these files. Napster, a peer-to-peer (P2P) program, allowed online users to connect with

Apple Music, Spotify, Soundcloud, and Tidal, What do all of these have in common? They are all currently leading the industry in streaming music from big name artists and even all the way down to up and coming artists. Another similarity between these companies, is that they will all charge you around $15 a month for their full-service subscription. Unfortunately, these companies also have too much power and sway which gives them the chance to charge these outrageous monthly prices. Here at mYOUsic

Company Project : Spotify AB Table of content Introduction : p.3 1- : Historic and relation wih majors : p.3 1.1 Historic : p.3 1.2 Relation with majors : p.3 2- : The way its product is produced and marketed : p.4 2.1 A service : p.4 2.2 Three offers : p.4 2.3 Position on the market : p.5 2.4 How the product is marketed : p.6 2.5 An international offer : p.8 3- : Its objective and the evolution of its financial results over the last 2 years : p.9 3.1 Figures :

Definition of the problem: “Hay más probabilidades de ganar en Las Vegas que en el sector de la música” stated Ric Wake, an Independent music producer. In a US market where sales growth is declining by 10.4% in 2002, this situation weakens deeply the whole music industry and opens to the door to a change of pattern in the way executives of this industry predict future “hits”. Polyphonic HMI, a technology company, relies on a single marketable revolutionary product: Hit Song Science. HSS is artificial

same manner. There has been complete overhaul of the music industry, and everything we thought about music will change in ten years time, and nothing will stop it” (15). Also, in an article authored by Guardian News Tony Wadsworth, a former CEO of EMI music, tries to define the changes in their company’s role, “ compared to 1990’s era, record labels have become unrecognizable… they have become smaller, productive, and diversified regarding functionality” (p130). Luke Henderson of Fluke productions