Crisis ? What crisis ?

Gia' superato in Uk il record di vendite di single, e non siamo ancora in stagione natalizia. (Grazie IG)

ci vuole un costo marginale per le transazioni nullo. dove lo avro' gia' sentito ?

The strange death of illegal downloading | Technology | The Guardian.

...The music industry lets illegal downloading thrive because it didn't provide an easy, affordable way to pay. That was left to Apple's iTunes, the likes of Last.fm and now a new generation of sites, which offer music at prices that reflect more fully the near-zero cost of distribution. While the music industry was lamenting that users wouldn't pay for tracks, the same people were paying up to £3 a pop for ringtones on their phones. Why? Because phones have an easy payments system. The music industry still complains of a billion illegal downloads every year, but has yet to prove that any significant economic damage is inflicted on it. This is partly because lots of those who have – and will continue to – illegally download wouldn't be buying them anyway and may not be listening to many of those they do download. It is often easier just to listen to the radio or internet radio (where you can tune into a track playing at that moment anywhere in the world). And some of the heaviest downloaders are the biggest buyers of new music. While the music industry has been complaining – successfully – to the government and the EU Commission that illegal downloads are destroying it, something rather curious has been happening. Are you ready for it? This year is the most successful in the UK's history for singles sales. More than 117m have been sold – comfortably beating the previous record of 115.1m, set in 2008. And this is with Christmas to come.

Bell'articolo. alla fine e' chiaro che si sta trasformando un'industria, che i volumi complessivi magari possono essere inferiori, ma non e' detto che lo siano i margini.

Warner Music Posts Substantial Quarterly, Fiscal Year Losses — Digital Music News.

Warner Music Group posted substantial quarterly and fiscal year losses Tuesday morning, thanks largely to recorded sales declines and restructuring costs. ... A substantial portion of the losses were attributable to severance costs, a downsize that will ultimately minimize losses and overhead. That is inline with efforts at other major labels.

Other indicators were mildly positive. Quarterly revenues edged upward one-percent to $861 million, and 5 percent on a constant-currency basis. That actually beat analyst expectations, which hovered around $820 million. Digital revenue topped $184 million, up 10 percent over the previous-year period, and 12 percent on a constant-currency basis. Digital assets accounted for 21 percent of overall quarterly revenues.

Ovvero si stanno togliendo costi che, grazie alla innovazione tecnologica, sono evitabili.

Certo, se sei uno di quelli che gestiscono quei costi che diventano evitabili, non ne sarai contento, ma e' stato cosi' dalla ruota in poi...