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UT Arlington book decries methods of the recording industry in the digital age

Wed, Dec 03, 2014 18:03 CET

Musicians, consumers sufferA new book by a UT Arlington assistant professor reveals how large corporations exploited new technologies to maintain their stranglehold on the music industry. David Arditi, an assistant professor in Interdisciplinary Studies, wrote “iTake-Over: The Recording Industry in the Digital Era,” published by R&L Publishers . It will hit shelves Dec. 5. “The industry pushed for and got tougher copyright laws passed in the 1990s that hurt the very people those laws purport to help, the musicians,” Arditi said. “Those laws

Researcher shows music industry building walls to limit data

Mon, Oct 28, 2013 22:39 CET

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

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UT Arlington book decries methods of the recording industry in the digital age

Researcher shows music industry building walls to limit data

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