2. NEW SERVICES
• Spotify and other subscription streaming music sites
with free subscriptions.
3. PAYMENT OPTIONS
• Quick ordering on credit or debit cards
• Gift cards with a code, easily used
• Pre Orders
4. EDUCATION
• Recently the music industry has released an app
that allows users to make an artists and release
them into the music industry, in the app you battle
against the effects of piracy. It was brought out to
make music lovers aware of the effect of piracy.
5. INCENTIVES TO BUY
• Free bonus tracks on pre ordered songs
• Pays as much as it is worth albums, Radiohead did
this on their album In Rainbows. They made $10m.
• Niche songs and a range of artists. More then is on
pirate sites. Have to buy niche audience songs.
6. LABELS TEAM UP
• Music labels team up to tackle piracy
• The RIAA was set up to help all aspects of the music
industry thrive and to tackle piracy.
• Record labels take out law suits against piracy websites
to get them shutdown
• Copyright laws are taken into account
• Napster is an example of a piracy site that was closed
down.
• Recently the Six Strike system was released. It works by
tracking illegal downloads, sending warnings to illegal
downloaders and blocking websites and slowing internet
of illegal downloaders.
7. IS PIRATING STOPPING?
• With 95% of all downloads of music being illegal you
might believe not but with free subscription music
streaming services like Spotify and YouTube, people
don’t need to download for free as there is more
choice of music on Streaming sites and more
accessibility to music.
