Researcher shows music industry building walls to limit data

Independent artists shown to lose market shareMajor record labels have capitalized on iTunes to maintain the same advantages that they held previously through physical media distribution networks, a recently published paper by a UT Arlington assistant professor says. David Arditi, assistant professor of Interdisciplinary Studies  in the School of Urban and Public Affairs , argues major record labels are as powerful as ever and appear to generate as much money as when albums, music stores and