A rádio musical, industria e a tecnologia
Os downloads e a musica digital são uma das maiores ameaças à rádio tal como a conhecemos.
A partir do momento em que se banalizar o acesso à música digital (que passa também pelo fim do CD), existirão milhões de leitores de mp3 (até em telemóveis) que serão concorrentes da rádio musical - por outras palavras, deixo de precisar da rádio para ouvir música.
Um recente artigo no suplemento Actual do Expresso (17/9/05) fala na tentativa da União Europeia de criar uma licença pan-europeia para a música on line: quem quiser operar um site de downloads deixa de lidar com a sociedade de autores do seu país e trata com outra entidade.
Algumas ideias do autor:
"A indústria musical só começará a recuperar terreno quando baixar o preço dos CD - ou seja, quando deixar de ser compensador o trabalho de "queimar" (isto é gravar) CD no computador", escreve LM Faria (pág. 16).
A revolução na música digital (do mercado da música em linha) está a ser atrasada pelo esforço das companhias emk bloquear na justiça sites de partilha de ficheiros. Os processos contra o Gorkster ou mesmo o Kazaa vão atrasar a evolução técnica pelo menos 10 anos.
A indústria do futuro é a indústria da música na internet.
ACTUALIZADO a 10/10/05:
"Pan-European Licensing Process Moves Closer to Reality
The European Commission (EC) will next week recommend a pan-European licensing model for online music distribution, but it is leaving the implementation to local governments and agencies. In a speech at the Creative Economy Conference in London on Friday, EC director Jacqueline Minor recommended the new proposals. She called the current system nineteenth century, irrelevant to the borderless 21st century internet, while stressing the need for the pan-European approach. It is based on the premise that territory-by-territory management of copyright clearance is too cumbersome and too costly, Minor said. It is not efficient for content users and it does not serve the interests of right-holders who want their content disseminated as widely as possible. In a territory-by-territory model, the weakest link in the chain will hold up the quick and effective roll-out of their latest creative content. The Commissions recommendations will soon be dispatched to member states and relevant groups.
The progress was welcomed by many, though critics feel that a low-powered "recommendation" does not offer enough backbone. Wes Himes, director of the European Digital Media Association, an industry group whose members include Apple, Amazon, RealNetworks and others, questioned the approach. We felt that there should be a competitive mechanism by which pan-European companies can obtain pan-European licenses for online exploitation, Himes stated. This doesn't achieve this. It only exerts a small pressure on member states to do so." Himes blames national rights management authorities for lobbying to have Europes proposals watered-down. In July, a release from UK rights management body MCPS-PRS Alliance typified the trend to protect local agency decision-making power. There will ultimately be consolidation and streamlining of the licensing activities of the collecting societies in Europe, and we are supportive of this providing it leads to the value of our members rights being maximized, the organization stated.
Story by news analyst Jonny Evans."
A partir do momento em que se banalizar o acesso à música digital (que passa também pelo fim do CD), existirão milhões de leitores de mp3 (até em telemóveis) que serão concorrentes da rádio musical - por outras palavras, deixo de precisar da rádio para ouvir música.
Um recente artigo no suplemento Actual do Expresso (17/9/05) fala na tentativa da União Europeia de criar uma licença pan-europeia para a música on line: quem quiser operar um site de downloads deixa de lidar com a sociedade de autores do seu país e trata com outra entidade.
Algumas ideias do autor:
"A indústria musical só começará a recuperar terreno quando baixar o preço dos CD - ou seja, quando deixar de ser compensador o trabalho de "queimar" (isto é gravar) CD no computador", escreve LM Faria (pág. 16).
A revolução na música digital (do mercado da música em linha) está a ser atrasada pelo esforço das companhias emk bloquear na justiça sites de partilha de ficheiros. Os processos contra o Gorkster ou mesmo o Kazaa vão atrasar a evolução técnica pelo menos 10 anos.
A indústria do futuro é a indústria da música na internet.
ACTUALIZADO a 10/10/05:
"Pan-European Licensing Process Moves Closer to Reality
The European Commission (EC) will next week recommend a pan-European licensing model for online music distribution, but it is leaving the implementation to local governments and agencies. In a speech at the Creative Economy Conference in London on Friday, EC director Jacqueline Minor recommended the new proposals. She called the current system nineteenth century, irrelevant to the borderless 21st century internet, while stressing the need for the pan-European approach. It is based on the premise that territory-by-territory management of copyright clearance is too cumbersome and too costly, Minor said. It is not efficient for content users and it does not serve the interests of right-holders who want their content disseminated as widely as possible. In a territory-by-territory model, the weakest link in the chain will hold up the quick and effective roll-out of their latest creative content. The Commissions recommendations will soon be dispatched to member states and relevant groups.
The progress was welcomed by many, though critics feel that a low-powered "recommendation" does not offer enough backbone. Wes Himes, director of the European Digital Media Association, an industry group whose members include Apple, Amazon, RealNetworks and others, questioned the approach. We felt that there should be a competitive mechanism by which pan-European companies can obtain pan-European licenses for online exploitation, Himes stated. This doesn't achieve this. It only exerts a small pressure on member states to do so." Himes blames national rights management authorities for lobbying to have Europes proposals watered-down. In July, a release from UK rights management body MCPS-PRS Alliance typified the trend to protect local agency decision-making power. There will ultimately be consolidation and streamlining of the licensing activities of the collecting societies in Europe, and we are supportive of this providing it leads to the value of our members rights being maximized, the organization stated.
Story by news analyst Jonny Evans."
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