Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
Perhaps if music companies issued music on a format that couldn't be quite as easily damaged as a CD, the world might give music companies some slack. Ok, a tiny little bit of slack.
It all really is amazing stuff – clearly, despite music labels now giving away songs free in billion song deals with Pepsi, despite doing deals with Nokia so that certain models are listed as ‘Comes with Music’ (something that is actually quite a good idea) and despite some music labels deciding to release music without DRM – the idea that copying a CD that you’ve purchased yourself to transfer to your own mp3 player is a crime.
The music labels and the RIAA have a long, long way to go to regain the trust of consumers.
With big name music stars leaving music labels and doing their own deals on releasing CDs, touring and merchandising, the labels look like they're struggling to remain relevant.
Yes, there is a lot of online piracy, and it's forcing labels to slowly realise that the 21st century Internet way of doing things means figuring out how to still make money in a world that clearly isn’t Kansas anymore.
We'll all get there eventually - artists, consumers, labels and even the RIAA. I just hope it's sooner, rather than later, or the entire planet will end up getting sued by the RIAA, and where will that get us?
David Bass
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