if anyone can give any input into one of these..

[Anaiya Sedai]

Give an account of recent developments in the recording industry, drawing on media reports as well as printed and on-line sources and referring to two specific case studies.

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Explore the advantages and disadvantages of intellectual property law as it impacts on music. Refer to at least two examples of copyright infringement to support your argument. You may choose examples of notated, sampled or recorded music. At least one example should be post-1980.


I have no idea. on either of those. and I need to get 2500 words together on one of them. :confused: :confused:

[Ivhon]

Well...the Napster/Metallica thing comes to mind. I think that is the most documented example of the issue (which means that half the class would be using that...could be a drawback). I seem to recall that some bands have reported going bankrupt because of piracy...but names escape me as I' completely, totally and utterly unhip.

*belts showtunes*

[JSUCamel]

On the flip side, you've got indie artists, and even mainstream artists, whose careers have skyrocketed from making singles and sometimes entire albums available online for free on P2P networks like Limewire/Napster/BitTorrent/etc.

I read an article about one artist -- sadly, I can't remember who -- that basically said "The people who download our music illegally are the people who probably wouldn't shell out $10-15 for an album anyway. On the other hand, they're listening to our music now, which means we may see them at a concert down the road, and they may buy our next album."

[Sei'taer]

If you go to youtube and try to watch Prince videos, you can watch them, but you can't hear them. Something about copyright laws in the music industry is the reason. Gives you 2 sources anyway.


Edit: yes, it was Princes 50th birthday and my 12 yr old son had no idea who he was so I was going to show him some of the vids I watched when I was a kid...shuddup.

[Anaiya Sedai]

On the flip side, you've got indie artists, and even mainstream artists, whose careers have skyrocketed from making singles and sometimes entire albums available online for free on P2P networks like Limewire/Napster/BitTorrent/etc.

I read an article about one artist -- sadly, I can't remember who -- that basically said "The people who download our music illegally are the people who probably wouldn't shell out $10-15 for an album anyway. On the other hand, they're listening to our music now, which means we may see them at a concert down the road, and they may buy our next album."

I'm guessing I can relate that to question?
excuse my stupidity, I'm so very slow today.. my brain got fried in the heat.

[JSUCamel]

my brain got fried in the heat.

Flash photography does that to you.


Explore the advantages and disadvantages of intellectual property law as it impacts on music. Refer to at least two examples of copyright infringement to support your argument. You may choose examples of notated, sampled or recorded music. At least one example should be post-1980.

I must admit, I didn't thoroughly read the questions at first.

I'm not entirely sure why you have to address the negative side of intellectual property law re: music (the copyright infringement requirement) when you could clearly argue the other case as well (that illegal distribution helps boost sales/popularity, which in turn can boost ticket sales at events which can't be bootlegged).

I also don't really know much about intellectual property laws as it impacts music. I just know downloading most music is illegal :P

I would first look up advantages and disadvantages of intellectual property law re: music and then relate those advantages to the Metallica case and to one of the more recent RIAA suits (they sued an 11 year old girl awhile back, iirc, for downloading music illegally). You can easily google some articles on the topic.

[Terez]

Yeah, Anaiya....just search...what was the abbreviation for the recording label union? RIAA? Something like that... There's always tons of news on them, and their attempt to forestall obseletion. :)

Duh, that was already brought up. But I used to read digg every day, and there were always tons of articles on that.

[Yuri33]

The RIAA vs the world thing has been covered to death. If you want to be cutting edge, try looking into a little company called TuneCore (http://www.tunecore.com/) which has been making waves with a new paradigm for record labels. Trent Reznor is one major artist who is now using them instead of the major labels because of their new spin on music distribution.

Here's a link to an extensive story about them on ArsTechnica (http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/tunecore-profile.ars?bub).

[Anaiya Sedai]

thanks guys :)
I think I will do all this tomorrow afternoon.
all this is a great help.
and I don't need to be all cutting edge I think. my professional and academic development module is the one that counts least this year, and this essay is only 20% of the total mark. god, I hate this module.

[Anaiya Sedai]

my god, I really don't know where to start, still....
I've pushed this deadline as far as it will go. this will have to be an all nighter...... *cries*
if I only knew how to start.. maybe I should just play gw.

[JSUCamel]

Writing papers is easy. You tell them what you're gonna tell them, then you tell them, then you tell them what you just told them.

Give an account of recent developments in the recording industry, drawing on media reports as well as printed and on-line sources and referring to two specific case studies.

First, a question. What's your opinion on recent developments in the recording industry? Do you agree with the recording industry's actions or do you tend to side with those the recording industry opposes?

Pick a side and defend it.

Let's say you disagree with the recording industry's stance against piracy. Look for two cases where the recording industry's actions support your belief. In other words, look for cases where their actions backfired (like when the RIAA tried to sue a 12 year old girl).

Then outline the cases. Write what happened. After you've accounted for what happened, comment on it. "This move by the RIAA severely hampered their efforts in combating piracy."

Then you pick another case and do the same thing.

Finally, you recap everything, ending with your position again. Hopefully by this point you've proven that your position was correct.

One thing I almost always do at this point is take the introductory paragraph, move it to the end, and rewrite the intro. I don't know why this works, but it does.

Best of luck. If you need any help, IM me on AIM or MSN or something. Should be able to guess my handle.

Peace.

[Anaiya Sedai]

wow thanks camel.
I emailed my lecturer at 3.30 am that I am hating the essay and promptly received an email back, telling me not to worry about it and that we'll talk some time today (may I just add that term-time has actually ended over a week ago, and I'm trailing behind already....).

but if it's ok wth you I may still pick you up on that.

[Gilshalos Sedai]

Follow Camel's outline above and also use the Rule of Three. (Pick at least three points and use those to argue for your entire paper.) It tends to make your paper seem much tighter than it actually is and you can get away with an awful lot of absolute BS, especially with non-English teachers.

[Anaiya Sedai]

i hate writing essays :(

[Crispin's Crispian]

One thing I always liked to do with the conclusion was wax a little more editorial or philosophical. The body of the paper is where you do the cold, hard analysis, and you need facts to back yourself up. In the conclusion, you can make hypotheticals and take things to their logical extremes.

I never just rewrote the intro.

[Anaiya Sedai]

i've settled on piracy. i'm gonna do the whole thing about how they can make use of people downloading stuff instead of unsuccessfully trying to combat it.