http://www.metafilter.com/25934/From-the-music-sheet-to-the-MP3/ Comments on MetaFilter post From the music sheet to the MP3 Thu, 22 May 2003 18:37:36 -0800 Thu, 22 May 2003 18:37:36 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/25934/From-the-music-sheet-to-the-MP3 <a href="http://www.findarticles.com/m2298/3_17/62052928/p1/article.jhtml">From Sheet Music to MP3: Music through the 20th Century</a> Among the current notices of legal <a href="http://www.applemusic.com/">online</a> <a href="http://www.emusic.com/">music</a> <a href="http://www.puretunes.com/">stores</a> finally coming of age across the 'Net, this is a lengthy but quite deep and interesting analysis (deepest I've seen so far) on how the music industry ended up being what it is today, how "pop" music came to be, and more. If anything, it shows how corporate greed and shady business practices are far from being a recent happening in the industry everybody loves to hate. The study ends with the state of the industry <em>circa</em> 1999, but that makes it no less valuable. post:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.25934 Thu, 22 May 2003 18:14:12 -0800 betobeto music musicindustry mp3 sheetmusic http://www.metafilter.com/25934/From-the-music-sheet-to-the-MP3#493776 Puretunes probably isn't legal. comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.25934-493776 Thu, 22 May 2003 18:37:36 -0800 donth http://www.metafilter.com/25934/From-the-music-sheet-to-the-MP3#493807 <a href="http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m2298/3_17/62052928/print.jhtml" title="Less tiresome than click,-click-click.">Printable story is all on one page</a>. comment:www.metafilter.com,2003:site.25934-493807 Thu, 22 May 2003 20:10:37 -0800 y2karl