Online Businesses on Music

Been saving several links to share with you, having to do with music online, specifically with financial issues. My previous post should provide some context for my thinking about those issues. This post is an attempt to bring a few recent links together. Hope we can discuss some of those issues in class or in the forums for the course.

Opinion and, possibly, insight:

• Convenience Wins, Hubris Loses and Content vs. Context, a Presentation for Some Music Industry Friends at FISTFULAYEN
• An open letter to the RIAA

People and sites:

• The Powergeek 25 — the Most Influential People in Online Music
• Download This: YouTube Phenom Has a Big Secret
• Facebook Working On a Music Platform For Bands; Not iTunes Killer, But MySpace; Apple Tieup

Music distribution, business models:

• Brier Dudley | Amazon's unlocked music still might get you sued
• First Radiohead...now Nine Inch Nails bids adieu to music label
• Has-beens jump on free downloads bandwagon
• Band releases album on floppy disk

Of course, many other things are happening in the online world, in terms of music.