Comments on: What to do About Falling Music Sales http://6ampacific.com/2010/02/03/what-to-do-about-falling-music-sales/ Meandering Musings on Globalization Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:29:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Basab Pradhan http://6ampacific.com/2010/02/03/what-to-do-about-falling-music-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-16832 Basab Pradhan Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:53:47 +0000 http://6ampacific.com/?p=681#comment-16832 @Swapnil - The Indian music scene is definitely differently structured. But I suspect that CD sales are not trivial. @Swapnil – The Indian music scene is definitely differently structured. But I suspect that CD sales are not trivial.

]]> By: Swapnil Pundle http://6ampacific.com/2010/02/03/what-to-do-about-falling-music-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-16829 Swapnil Pundle Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:43:22 +0000 http://6ampacific.com/?p=681#comment-16829 India is quite unique here. A big part of the music produced is actually film music. Songs are typically meant to promote the movie. I think it wouldn't really matter in India if the songs are downloaded for free as long as the songs play their part of attracting audience to watch the movie in cinema halls. One observation I have. Lots of movie producers in India have complained bitterly about pirated DVDs but I have never once heard any producer talk about pirated mp3s or audio cds. The money is to be made from the film and not from the music. This has resulted in an automatic protection from piracy. It is far too difficult to download or share movie files online compared to mp3s!! India is quite unique here. A big part of the music produced is actually film music. Songs are typically meant to promote the movie. I think it wouldn't really matter in India if the songs are downloaded for free as long as the songs play their part of attracting audience to watch the movie in cinema halls.
One observation I have. Lots of movie producers in India have complained bitterly about pirated DVDs but I have never once heard any producer talk about pirated mp3s or audio cds. The money is to be made from the film and not from the music. This has resulted in an automatic protection from piracy. It is far too difficult to download or share movie files online compared to mp3s!!

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