Comments on: How will The Cloud change the way we think about music ownership?

By: WHAAT?

WHAAT? — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:36:31 +0000

The problem is: If you don’t own it, somebody else does, and they will charge you for accessing it every time you try to. (ie: subscriptions.)

In the long run, you are going to be paying outta your arse for something that you would have otherwise owned and kept for yourself.

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By: DannyG

DannyG — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:24:26 +0000

There’s a good reason that the record labels aren’t going to ignore Steve as a buyer in your scenario – Steve and his age group are the people who are buying all the music. If you look at the Soundscan and RIAA data (especially the RIAA’s customer profile) you’ll find that the age group all industry rookies target (the teenage girls) actually buys few records in the grand scheme of things. Steve and the 25+ demographic account for about 68% of all the music sales yearly while Stacey’s age group (10-14) accounts for around 7% of the sales each year and the next age group (15-19) doesn’t buy much more at around 12%. Unexpectedly, the 45+ demographic buys about 26% of the music sold each year, more than 3 times what the younger group (10-14) buys. This condition is unchanged if you go back over a decade in published data, before the proliferation of recorded music was available on the internet. Whether they’re buying for their kids or themselves isn’t relevant, the older demographic is making the buying decisions for recorded music. This is the demographic group you need to grab if you’re going to be successful as a record label or artist. The challenge for a service like Rhapsody is that this demographic is used to owning some tangible representation of the music they’ve purchased. It’s going to be an uphill battle to get this demographic used to the idea of renting music instead of owning it.

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By: hyokon

hyokon — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:18:23 +0000

I think the direction is towards service. When you can stream, no reason to keep the files. But the speed of change depends on the last device to play the music.

Until we can listen to high-quality sounds from a streaming service with a hand-held device or a mobile phone, people need the files.

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By: John

John — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:06:15 +0000

Well, at least at first glance it seems to me like it could end up being a situation similar to television shows. Like you said, even though episodes are more or less available whenever, people still like to own physical copies. Albeit the market for physical copies has certainly gone down. In that case, I think you can see the answer in many of the comments. You’ll have people who won’t care whether or not they own music since they just want to stream it. However, I think that if at any time people can still get their hands on hard copies or downloaded versions, some of them are always going to demand ownership rights. If you’re interested, we’re going to mention your article on the TagSurfer Podcast tomorrow. Check it out if you’re interested.

By: What is the future of the music industry? | Idea Farm

What is the future of the music industry? | Idea Farm — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:55:57 +0000

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By: D'n

D'n — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:30:58 +0000

On Ownership-

The Label owns the track, and the music publisher/publishers own the IP rights to the words & music. I, as a consumer, demand the highest quality reproduction of this media, whenever and whereever I want it.

As soon as someone figures out a reliable way to monetize this for the Owners, this will happen.

My access will be many-fold: my cellular supplier*s*; the ISP’s via WiFi points; my OnStar(or equivalent); my hotel where I stay for a week; etc. etc. Just ANYWHERE.

The actual content will be supplied by professional digital content suppliers, at the best data-rate and format for whatever client I’m using.

And the selection?

Any media (tracks, videos, holographs, ebooks, web-radio stations, podcasts, etc etc etc) covered by my license from the access service, paid for by a small monthly/yearly fee.

EVERYBODY WINS. I get my media when and where I want it. The Labels & Pubs get their piece. The digital suppliers, etc., all get their piece.

I wonder if anyone’s come up with a business model for this?

By: lemon obrien

lemon obrien — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:26:49 +0000

rhapsody use to be called listen.com; before yous born. i worked there.

By: lemon obrien

lemon obrien — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:25:37 +0000

yes we know; check out umakeitcool.com, where the artist controls everyting; cause it was built by artist.

bravo…great post

By: Zach Weisman

Zach Weisman — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:27:54 +0000

Absolutely not! Hard core capitalist here. I just tell it like it is. How do my predictions expose my political views?

You can pretend that piracy will go away but without enforced penalties (unlikely) it will continue to flourish.

The trick is to make cloud based music distribution so easy, inexpensive, and GOOD that people actually prefer it over their cheap and PRIVATE homebrew media servers. This would be great for consumers and for business but it is also unlikely to happen anytime soon.

By: Don RB

Don RB — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:38:30 +0000

Music purists are a minority and always will be a (very small) minority.

Purists are the same group appalled that “kids these days” prefer the sound of the iPod/iPhone/MP3 player of choice sound over a sound system costing thousands or tens of thousands of dollars. They decry the advent of convenience and access for tangible trip down memory lane (yawn). That’s what playlists are for…or a best of album…or a listen to one of your favorite band’s old platters.

Your argument reinforces the bias in many toward holding on to the physical/tangible because it is comforting. This will be an edge perspective soon enough.

The cloud is coming. The advent of (rental) streaming anything/anytime is inevitable. Mass acceptance will not be far behind (as soon as speed and reliability of access, and quantity of content is acceptable).

Physical ownership will always be available in some form, but it will be the exception within 10 years.

-DRB

By: Bryce

Bryce — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:27:20 +0000

hehe. Lemon obviously doesn’t know what Rhapsody is if he compares it to the radio.

By: Ian Kennedy

Ian Kennedy — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:05:39 +0000

I think it was John Udell who described the iPod as a local cache for your music in the cloud. The benefits of having an unlimited collection in the cloud as well as shared metadata for discovery are eventually going to outweigh the hassle of organizing a local collection.

By: Bryce

Bryce — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:50:00 +0000

I think there’s room for both. I use Rhapsody to browse stuff I probably wouldn’t buy, or try out albums I’m not sure about. Last.fm is great for discovering new music, etc.

If I come across something I think I’d want, I buy it.

By: wheatus

wheatus — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:08:46 +0000

How is this different from LastFM which is free?

brendan b brown
wheatus.com

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Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:34:43 +0000

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