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Neither Moguls nor Pirates: Grey Area Music Distribution

Event Interactive 2011
Format Panel
Organizer Heitor Alvelos – University of Porto
Description The debate surrounding music piracy versus the so-called collapse of the music industry has largely been bipolar, and yet so many other processes of music distribution have been developing. From online “sharity” communities that digitize obscure vinyl never released in digital format (a network of cultural preservation, one could argue), all the way to netlabels that could not care less about making money out of their releases, as well as “grime” networks made up of bedroom musicians constantly remixing each other, there is a vast wealth of possibilities driving music in the digital world. This panel will present key examples emerging from this “grey area”, and discuss future scenarios for music production and consumption that stand proudly outside the bipolar box.
Questions
Answered
  1. Does “free music” inevitably mean illegally obtained music?
  2. What other ways of making and obtaining music available online are out there, besides music stores and piracy?
  3. How are these “other” models of music distribution affecting actual music production?
  4. What can music labels do in order to flourish in the current scenario of online piracy?
  5. When is piracy a public service?
Level Beginner
Category Music
Tags music, Online distribution, Subcultures
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