The effects of downloading music in UK: Analysis

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The music industry represents an important market share in United Kingdom. Indeed, the music industry is £190m in revenue in 2010, 8% of GDP and around 130 000 employments and the third largest export industry of the country (according to thenextweb.com and culture.gov.uk). These last years, the musical business is in crisis. Nevertheless, nowadays, the leisure industry is more and more important and the interest of the consumer for the music is always important. However, since the late 1990s, a new phenomenon has appeared: the legal and illegal downloading of music. This practice is becoming a common practice for the internet users.

The downloading consists of taking files such as music or movies from internet in order to store them on a personal computer (PC). This phenomenon has started out when the sites of P2P (peer-to-peer) started to appear on Internet. Peer-to-peer sites permit to the users to post music, film and software in order to other people can use it and take it for free.

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[...] The objective of this project is to highlight the impact of illegal downloading on the music industry in the UK. It also aims to see what solutions could be effectively put in place to deal with this phenomenon. It will also analyze and compare the disadvantages but also advantages for the music industry posed by download and looking is impact of music industry in UK. It will also examine the opportunities of this new phenomenon may represent. By the triangulation of the data sources, we will be enabling to compare the different ways to download music, the view of consumer, business and music to draw conclusion. [...]

[...] Finding and Analysis According to the literature review, the downloading music is a phenomenon more and more widespread. Consequently, the aim of this survey is to analyze the people behavior toward the downloading and also their opinion. The survey has been carrying out besides around 50 people in the street and by e-mail. After the survey filled in, the results have been count and examined. Several graphs will show more precisely the results. Demographics information. Genders Among the fifty respondents of this survey of them were female and 58% were male. [...]

[...] It's an intensive description and analysis of a single individual or sometimes group. The case study present some advantages, it is a good method to study rare phenomena or to challenge theoretical assumptions. However, it is difficult to draw definite cause-effect conclusions and also to generalize from a single case. For the methodology, the case study permits to have a better understanding of the context of the research and it will allow answering at the following questions: What? How? Why? [...]

[...] This method allows for precise control of variables. Moreover, experiments can be replicated. We cannot generalise from the results of a single experiment. The more often an experiment is repeated, with the same results obtained, the more confident we can be that the theory being tested is valid. However, the nature of the experiment could be very different as a function of what people in reality experience in the daily life (Vanderstoep.S, 2009). To finish, there is the archival research. [...]

[...] We should be shouting that message very loudly to the government.” However, these measures seem to have an impact on the population. Indeed, according to the Telegraph, fewer people are downloading music from the internet illegally because they are worried about having their connections cut off. So, now around 39 per cent of music fans currently download tracks from illegal sites, compared to 43 per cent previously. (Nicole Martin, 2011). Nonetheless, the impact on the young people seems to not feel concern by this law and the illegal downloading showed no signs of slowing down. [...]