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In Reply to: RE: The real question... posted by mkuller on July 28, 2015 at 10:05:11
Just look at where all that consumer spending has gone. People are paying huge monthly fees for internet, smart phone and TV service, often to one provider. In fact, a TV is now basically a very large computer monitor, and a smart phone is a very small one.
That is where entertainment dollars are going, and people expect to get their entertainment, music included, from those dollars, and from their smart phones, computers and TVs. IMO, the music industry and other content owners are being legally raped by the internet access providers like Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile and the satellite and cable providers, as well as Apple, Microsoft and Google. That's who is getting the money these days.
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...I agree that streaming music, like films, is likely to dominate with the use of smartphones, iPads, laptops and still TVs.
But how will they monetize it? I can listen to a Comcast music channel with no audible ads or pay extra for Pandora or Spotify.
Personally, I'm waiting for a youtube TV channel to watch my choice of new music videos.
We aren't quite at the convergence of TVs and computers - maybe Apple TV will do it.
IMO the legal landscape needs to change. Right now the internet service providers and telecommunication companies have nearly all the power and get nearly all the money. Some have already suggested they should be held directly responsible for internet piracy. They could also be made to pay content owners for their customers' streaming and/or downloads and required to collect those payments from their customers.
Your monthly Verizon, Sprint or T-Mobile bill could include an extra charge for music streaming and downloads, as it does for general data and phone use. As I said, people want to pay one monthly bill for their electronic entertainment. They don't want to buy each piece of music (or movie, for that matter) from a different seller/content owner, as they did in the old days.
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