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Summary of new business models

11 May, 2016 - 11:43

A major purpose in describing these music business models is to illustrate how innovations do not have to be tied to the success of a new good or service. Rather, an organization can innovate by introducing a new method of doing business, and such innovation has the potential to “turn the world upside down” (a la Google or Facebook).

Model

Currently implemented?

Feasible?

Currently legal or illegal?

Consumer satisfaction

Record label satisfaction

Table 13.3 Music Business Models

Traditional

No

Not anymore

Legal

No

Yes

Digital music stores

Yes

Yes

Legal

Yes

Yes

Peer-to-peer stores

Yes

Yes

Legal

Yes

Yes

Open Source

Yes

Yes

Illegal

Yes

No

Artist centered website hub

No

Yes

Legal

Yes

No

Artist’s personal website

Yes

Yes

Legal

Yes

No

Non-traditional “record labels”

Yes

Yes

Legal

Yes

If used with other models

No

To traditional record labels

Tax-the-device

No

Not really

Legal

?

No