MUSIC PIRACY

NEW SERVICES

• Spotify and other subscription streaming music sites with free subscriptions.

PAYMENT OPTIONS

• Quick ordering on credit or debit cards• Gift cards with a code, easily used• Pre Orders

EDUCATION

• Recently the music industry has released an app that allows users to make an artists and release them into the music industry, in the app you battle against the effects of piracy. It was brought out to make music lovers aware of the effect of piracy.

INCENTIVES TO BUY

• Free bonus tracks on pre ordered songs• Pays as much as it is worth albums, Radiohead

did this on their album In Rainbows. They made $10m.• Niche songs and a range of artists. More then is

on pirate sites. Have to buy niche audience songs.

LABELS TEAM UP

• Music labels team up to tackle piracy• The RIAA was set up to help all aspects of the music

industry thrive and to tackle piracy. • Record labels take out law suits against piracy

websites to get them shutdown• Copyright laws are taken into account• Napster is an example of a piracy site that was closed

down. • Recently the Six Strike system was released. It works

by tracking illegal downloads, sending warnings to illegal downloaders and blocking websites and slowing internet of illegal downloaders.

IS PIRATING STOPPING?

• With 95% of all downloads of music being illegal you might believe not but with free subscription music streaming services like Spotify and YouTube, people don’t need to download for free as there is more choice of music on Streaming sites and more accessibility to music.