Ain’t technology grand? File sharing has made it possible to download what you want, when you want, and how you want. And a whole generation of i-Tunes and Napster aficionados are used to getting it all for free (or nearly so). As a result, one industry’s being left in the dust. The recording industry, once a giant wing of entertainment, is struggling to survive, and to protect its content.
FMC’s Walter McDonough speaks on
WITF’s “Smart Talk” program about how these changes have impacted the recorded music industry.