Music Industry and Piracy

By Jacob White

What is Piracy?

• “File-Sharing”• Almost all of us have done it

Specific Type of Piracy

• Someone else’s work • Making it profitable• Has been around for a while• “Ice Ice Baby” vs “Under Pressure”

Present Day: Two Sides

Recognition Royalties

Disc Jockeys

• Main target today• Distribute own mixes for profit• Pennsylvania DJ company• Omaha DJ franchise

Why Not Buy Royalties?

• Extremely expensive• Hard to obtain

Mediation

• Pleases both sides• Cheap for consumer• Easily accessible for consumer• Paid by advertisers

Works Cited

• “Famous Copyright Infringement plagiarism case in Music.” n.d. Fair Wage Lawyers. Web.

• 9 April 2013.• Maffett, Bob. “Copyrights in Music.” 2009. Proformance.

Web. 9 April 2013.• “Jay-Z ‘recycling’ Biggie’s rhymes: biting, allusion, unaware,

or Public Domain?” n.d. Rap • Genious. Web. 9 April 2013• “Who Music Theft Hurts.” 2013. Recording Industry

Association of America. Web. 9 April 2013.