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In the song entitled “Note to Self,” rap artist Jermaine “J. Cole” Cole goes on a 10-minute rant that he consider to be his credits for his album 2014 Forest Hills Drive. In the rant he state that, in a more explicit terms, how he feels that the process that goes into sampling music from another artist music is way too difficult. In his opinion artist should be free to sample any artist they want as long as they properly compensate them. In his words: “You was inspired by the world; allow the

Using artists music in advertising is a great way to get exposure for the band and company alike. Using popular and unpopular artists music in advertising has seemingly become a norm in today's society. Companies are able to get popularity from fans of the artists they are using, music producers are able to get popularity for their songs from commercials. It's a win-win situation for both the advertiser and the producer. When a company is able to get liscences to trending songs, using them is obvious

This led me to me and my father's favorite series, the Dresden Files. The main character in this series is Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, a wizard in Chicago. He is a very unique character because, unlike most wizards in stories, he isn’t based around his power and knowledge. Like Gandalf in Lord of the Rings

sharing of MP3 files easy and accessible to the masses. Fanning’s development caused a burst in the popularity of music - file sharing. It became so popular, that almost overnight millions of people were downloading and uploading files. Napster’s system allowed music files from one users hard drive to be copied by another Napster users. Napster users would use Napster’s MusicShare software and servers to search for MP3 files stored on other computers. Exact copies of an uploaded MP3 file could be transferred

In the year of 2005, there totaled 147 case files in the area of intellectual property crimes. (Weier) This number has risen exponentially throughout the 21st century, as more and more productions move to the realm of cyberspace. Hearing a coworker or peer bragging about illegally downloading films

Pirates of the Music Industry The way consumers have shaped recorded music has always had an impact on the record industry. In the history of recorded music, we have witnessed a great deal of technological change. Although opinions may vary, we can reasonably assume that the way we consume music has consistently increased and evolved since the invention of the first phonograph. While previous generations focused on format and standards, in the early 21st century we saw a great upset in not how we

vs. Rdio” John Pullen pointed out that in 2001, the iPod sparked the music steaming industry (Pullen Pg.1). In the iPod’s early days was when all of this music piracy started when people discovered how to obtain music for free. However, many music files found on iTunes, iMusic, Amazon and Sound Cloud are purchased and downloaded legally, whereas some new music downloads may be advertised as a free download by the artist themselves. This method of offering a free song to the app subscriber is decided

Millennial Values in EDM Culture While elements of the millennial mindset like acceptance and kindness were found in the early stages of Electronic Dance Music, those values are truly evident in this modern EDM culture. Kindness: EDM has rebranded itself from the original drugs and underground stigmas that it has come to be associated with. The basics of why it was created, acceptance and community integration have been rebranded as “PLUR” for the current generation. PLUR stands for Peace Love

In result, it can be seen that online file sharing sites (Peer to Peer… P2P) has a negative impact on the Canadian music industry affecting the economy as well as policies, creators and artists. Online piracy doesn’t only necessarily harm the music industry but harms other industries that

services. The music industry changed once Napster was created. Napster allowed people to easily share Mp3 files from each other's computers. It was a free streaming service that enabled you to download anything you wanted without having to pay a dime. It made CD sales plummet and hard copy CDs became obsolete. Napster was the foundation of torrenting. It made Limewire, Bearshare, and other file sharing services where you can illegally download for free. It revolutionized everything from burning CDs