Professional Documents
Culture Documents
T. Cvetkovski
revenue in the popular music industry. The aim is to explain the disorganising
effects currently being experienced. The central question guiding this
investigation asks: what will be the effect of new technologies on the future
organisation of the music industry? Focus is broadly on recent universally
accessible digital technologies which have raised questions about the future of
the industry’s current organisational structure and processes both in terms of
input (creation of music products in their commodified form) and output
(access and consumption of music products). The industry’s processes are
complex because they centre around sophisticated management, and
aggressive appropriation of intellectual property (namely copyright) for repea-
ted exploitation for decades after its initial acquisition. The purpose of this
book, therefore, is to examine not only the tangible aspects of the manner in
which the industry organises its products, but also the intangible dimension.