The adoption-based music economy

Digitization has a disruptive effect on a wide range of industries, from music to software to publishing to…you name it. If it can be digitized, it can be disrupted.

It’s therefore encouraging to see the music seemingly converging on a cool new-old model: an ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, & Publishers)-like tax from one’s Internet service provider that allows unlimited downloading of music.

Gerd Leonhard’s recent presentation on the subject is the best I’ve seen yet, one that I’d recommend you review, even if you never stray from the software world to think about music…

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