The Recorded Music Industry Has Grown Many Folds With Many Technological Breakthroughs

(PRWEB) November 18, 2004

Music is one of the oldest and universal forms of communication, touching every person of every culture on the globe. The recorded music industry has grown many folds with many technological breakthroughs. But in last few years the recorded music industry is facing problems with the technological breakthroughs of different kind. The global sales of recorded music fell by 7% in value and by 8% in units during the 2002, thanks to the mass downloading from unauthorized file sharing on the internet and the massive proliferation of CD burning also known as “Piracy”.

This is a very comprehensive report that provides an overall picture of the global music industry. It analyses the size of the industry, the regional markets for this sector, the major players and their competitive positioning. In fact, this report touches every aspect that this industry is passing through. A major segment has been devoted to the issue of piracy that has resulted in the falling sales figures of this industry.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Industry Analysis

An Overview of the Global Market

Porter’s Five Forces Analysis

PEST Analysis

Recorded Music sales

US

Europe

Asia Pacific

Latin America

Leading Players – The Big Five

EMI

Profiles

Sales

Profits

Recent Developments

Sony

Profiles

Sales

Profits

Recent Developments

BMG

Profiles

Sales

Profits

Recent Developments

Warner

Profiles

Sales

Profits

Recent Developments

Universal

Profiles

Sales

Profits

Recent Developments

Competitive Landscape

Major Agencies

IFPI

Profile

Role in the Industry

RIAA

Profile

Role in the Industry

IRMA

Profile

Role in the Industry

Current Issues

Legal

Economic

Social

Others

Music Piracy

Recorded Music

CD-R

Cassettes

Others

Online Music Sharing

Evolution of Online Music Piracy

Napster Reign

Napster’s Successors

Current Players

Kazaa

Profile

Products

Sales

Users

Morpheus

Profile

Products

Sales

Users

Gnutella

Profile

Products

Sales

Users

Others

Copyrights

Legal ramifications of file sharing technology

Copyright and related-rights treaties and laws

Berne Convention

Rome Convention

Geneva Phonograms Convention

Universal Copyright Convention

The TRIPs Agreement

Obstacles

No Electronic Theft Laws

Lack of Security for Online Music

Battling Music Piracy

Industry’s Response

Big Five’s Actions

New Technologies

Digital Rights Management (DRM)

Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI)

Education Campaign to Combat Piracy

Other Measures

Apple iTunes

Software to Stem Piracy

Law suits against Companies

Governments’ Stance

Anti Piracy Laws

Anti-Piracy Actions

Europe

UK

Germany

Spain

Finland

Italy

Portugal

North America

USA

Mexico

Asia

China

Japan

Indonesia

Hong Kong

India

Pakistan

Middle East

Latin America

Argentina

Brazil

Other Agencies

IFPI

RIAA

IRMA

New Standards

The Global Release Identifier (GRID)

International Standard Recording Code (ISRC)

The Resource Discovery System (RDS)

Others

Recent Developments

News articles

Company/Industry Declarations

APPENDIX

Timeline of Recorded Music

Anti-Piracy Laws

US Codes on Piracy

European Codes on Piracy

Peer-to-Peer Piracy Prevention Act

Significant Judgments

A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.

Metallica v. Napster, Inc.

How online sharing services (Kazaa, etc) Works?

Contact Details of all the discussed companies/associations

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c9472

Laura Wood

Senior Manager

Research and Markets

press@researchandmarkets.com

Fax: +353 1 4100 980

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The Recorded Music Industry Has Grown Many Folds With Many Technological Breakthroughs

Research and Markets: Argentina, Brazil and Mexico Recorded Impressive Broadband Growth Over Past Year, But Is This Set to Continue?

Dublin (PRWEB) May 23, 2005

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c17749) has announced the addition of Latin America Broadband to their offering.

A relatively stable economic environment has helped get the Latin American broadband marketplace on track. Argentina, Brazil and Mexico recorded impressive broadband growth over the past year, while Chile leads the region in broadband penetration—all good news for broadband equipment and service providers.

Attention: ISPs, Telecom and IT Equipment Manufacturers, Global 2000 Companies, E-Retailers, Video, Music and Game Producers, Marketers and Advertisers.

The Latin America Broadband report explores why the broadband markets of Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico are growing, why ADSL has become more widespread and affordable and why bandwidth offers are beginning to increase from a typical connection of 256Kbps to 512Kbps or more. In other words, why broadband markets in Latin America, like the rest of the world, are picking up speed.

While the availability and adoption of broadband in Latin American is still well behind North America, Western Europe and much of the Asia-Pacific region, many factors now suggest that the Latin American Internet sector is on a path of stable and continued growth. Unfortunately, history would suggest that this projection might be a tad rash.

With the economic downturn in Latin America between 2001 and 2003 there was a corresponding downturn in research coverage of the region, particularly from local Latin American research firms. This fact, combined with the economic volatility over the last few years, has made forecasting for the region, even two years out, perilous at best. eMarketer has therefore taken a relatively conservative approach to its forecasts in this report and attempted to provide alternative perspectives wherever possible.

Key questions the Latin America Broadband report addresses:

Why is the region lagging behind the rest of the world in broadband development?

What were the major causes of the downturns in 2001 and 2003?

Does 2004 mark the start of prolonged broadband growth in Latin America?

What is proving to be the dominant technology platform, DSL or cable Internet?

Who are the leading broadband access providers in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico?

How do broadband prices compare among the leading countries in the region?

What does the future hold?

And many more…

The Latin America Broadband report aggregates the latest data from leading researchers—EIU, Internet World Stats, ITU, Point Topic, PricewaterhouseCoppers, Pyramid Research and many others—with eMarketer’s objective, unbiased analysis to give you the information you need to make well-informed business decisions on the Latin American broadband market.

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c17749

Laura Wood

Senior Manager

Research and Markets

press@researchandmarkets.com

Fax: +353 1 4100 980

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Research and Markets: Argentina, Brazil and Mexico Recorded Impressive Broadband Growth Over Past Year, But Is This Set to Continue?