The internet has both helped and harmed the music industry. While services like free mixed tapes online can help familiarize the public with artists and please fans, the RIAA claims that music piracy on the internet causes $12.5 billion in economic losses annually for the industry. The rapid change brought by how music is now listened to and shared online has transformed the music business, with technology acting as a double-edged sword for the industry.

1. In terms of the music industry,
is the internet beneficial?

2. According to the RIAA
(Recording Industry
Association of America),
music piracy causes $12.5
billion of economic losses
every year
Pirates of the World Wide Web

3. Services that hinder the
success of the music industry

4. Focus of music industry now
set on the internet

5. Rapid change in how music is listened to

6. Free mixed tapes
 Make the public
more familiar with
the artist
 Thank the fans
 Please the fans

7. The internet transformed the
music business

8. Technology is a double edged
sword when it comes to music