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How To Save The Recording Industry?: Charge Less, Zac Locke
How To Save The Recording Industry?: Charge Less, Zac Locke
Zac Locke
“How much is music worth?” It is painfully clear that the traditional fifteen dollars charged for a packaged CD is too much. CD sales declined another fourteen percent in 2007, on top of years of similar erosion. As selling music online becomes the way of selling music of the future, record labels, music publishers and music e-tailers must find the ideal price point for their product. This Article defines the ideal price point at the price where the profit is maximized while making it easier for consumers to buy a song rather than download it for free. Technology, through replacing …
The New (Record) Deal, Zac Locke
The New (Record) Deal, Zac Locke
Zac Locke
Recording contracts for new artists need to change. It is almost unnecessary by now to note that traditional album sales have dropped steadily since 2002. This Note is merely meant to start a debate on how to fix a system that is broken, and that those inside the industry have been unable to fix. The new record deal should be a non-exclusive, comprehensive revenue sharing model, based on a number of deliverable songs. This system could be more simple, more fair, and actually force labels and artists to work together to develop the artists’ careers while providing both with new …
Asking For It: A Grokster-Based Approach To Internet Sites That Distribute Offensive Content, Zac Locke
Asking For It: A Grokster-Based Approach To Internet Sites That Distribute Offensive Content, Zac Locke
Zac Locke
Anyone connected to the Internet can post their words, images and any other expression to millions of sites online. However, these sites are also available to tortfeasors and criminals such as defamers, sexual predators, and child pornographers. These individuals rely on interactive computer services (“ICSs”), such as Internet service providers, search engines, social networking sites, video sharing sites, and chat rooms, to disseminate their illegal and offensive messages. The fact that torts and crimes such as defamation, predation and child pornography happen in cyberspace instead of on a street corner does not shield speakers from liability for their actions. However, …