H. Dean Hudson, UW MCDMCOM 546, Kathy Gill

Music in Disruption

The State of the ArtSource: Enders Analysis via: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2007/04/drm-lock-ins-and-piracy-all-red-herrings-for-a-music-industry-in-trouble.ars

Historical Disruption

http://www.flickr.com/photos/olivander/3038572409/

1920s: Radiohttp://www.flickr.com/photos/kt/2008553/

1945-1955: The Independentshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/melancon/2900608890/

Ignored by incumbents

Consolidation around mastery of distribution

Suppression via control of IP

Features

Where are we now?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dr/2048034334/

New Distribution

http://www.flickr.com/photos/demonbaby/2217148687/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/satanslaundromat/475941255/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/yuan2003/1957751715/Walled Gardens

© H. Dean Hudson 2010, UW MCDMdean@ero.com, @deanero, http://ero.com

COM 546, Kathy Gill

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