The Broken System: Deconstructing Music Consumption

Posted on 21. Apr, 2010 by refe.

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Kyle Bylin, of Hypebot (@kbylin)
Edited by: Refe Tuma (@refeup)
In our previous post we wrote about the barriers of music consumption, gave an overview of how those barriers shaped the experiences of previous generations, and examined in great detail why the removal of such barriers recontextualized the ways in which those who were born digital consumed music.
The next step is to deconstruct the traditional music consumption system.
The [...]

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Music Technology Recap – November 2009 Edition

Posted on 02. Dec, 2009 by refe.

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This is a guest post by Gabriel Nijmeh, a business analyst and music technology enthusiast.
Another month whips by since Refe first asked me to write the October music tech recap and I’ve really started feeling deja vu. You probably are feeling the same way but doesn’t it seem like we keep discussing the same issues and topics [...]

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Forrester Report: The Way Forward for the Music Industry or a Step Backward?

Posted on 13. Sep, 2009 by refe.

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A new report from the Forrester Research Group has been getting a lot of buzz lately, fueled largely by the fact that due to its hefty $500 price tag very few people have actually read it. Nothing like a bit of mystery to spice up what is being heralded by some as “a plan to [...]

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The Music Business Gets Leaky – Radiohead, Jay-Z, Muse and More

Posted on 08. Sep, 2009 by refe.

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It’s incredible how quickly news bunches up these days thanks to the social web. Seems like only a week or two ago that the online music community was all a twitter about the leak of Radiohead’s new single These are My Twisted Words.This week Jay-Z’s new album Blueprint 3 was rushed out a week ahead schedule [...]

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Deconstructing the Week in Music 8.10-8.16

Posted on 16. Aug, 2009 by refe.

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Here’s a recap of what went on in the music industry this week. Make sure to check out anything you might have missed and leave your comments. Know something we don’t? Submit a story.

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What the Music Industry and the Credit Crisis Have in Common

Posted on 10. Aug, 2009 by refe.

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I stumbled on an interesting animation that attempts to explain the United States’ ongoing credit crisis in easily understood terms. It’s a great video, which you can see in its entirety here.
At a certain point in the video the narrator begins to explain the problem of sub-prime mortgages. Basically, the banks and investors were getting [...]

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Deconstructing the Week in Music 8.3 – 8.8

Posted on 08. Aug, 2009 by refe.

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Here’s a recap of what went on in the music industry this week. Make sure to check out anything you might have missed and leave your comments. Know something we don’t? Submit a story.

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Lawmakers Praise Napster for File Sharing Innovation in 2000

Posted on 07. Aug, 2009 by refe.

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This little gem appeared today on the blog of Charles Nesson, the attorney representing Joel Tenenbaum in his recent bout with the RIAA. In a letter addressed to Nesson, Robert John Smith of the Louisiana Capital Appeals Project makes the argument that the laws used by the RIAA against Joel Tenenbaum were never intended to [...]

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Is ‘Joel Fights Back’ Really the David to RIAA’s Goliath?

Posted on 03. Aug, 2009 by refe.

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As many of you will have already heard, the RIAA won the second of two high profile cases this past Friday. This time it was against 25 year-old graduate student Joel Tenenbaum, described by the plaintiffs as a “hardcore, habitual, long-term, persistent infringer.” The jury awarded damages totaling $675,000. “It’s a bankrupting award,” remarked Tenenbaum’s [...]