{"product_id":"the-death-and-life-of-jim-rogers-9781623560010","title":"The Death and Life of the Music Industry in the Digital Age","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Death and Life of the Music Industry in the Digital Age\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the conventional wisdom that the internet is 'killing' the music industry. While technological innovations (primarily in the form of peer-to-peer file-sharing) have evolved to threaten the economic health of major transnational music companies, Rogers illustrates how those same companies have themselves formulated highly innovative response strategies to negate the harmful effects of the internet. In short, it documents how the radical transformative potential of the internet is being suppressed by legal and organisational innovations. Grounded in a social shaping perspective, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDeath and Life of the Music Industry in the Digital Age\u003c\/i\u003e contends that the internet has not altered pre-existing power relations in the music industry where a small handful of very large corporations have long since established an oligopolistic dominance. Furthermore, the book contends that widespread acceptance of the idea that online piracy is rampant, and music largely 'free' actually helps these major music companies in their quest to bolster their power. In doing this, the study serves to deflate much of the transformative hype and digital 'deliria' that has accompanied the internet's evolution as a medium for mass communication.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Rogers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1623560012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781623560010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2013","brand":"Jim Rogers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48436882047231,"sku":"9781623560010","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ca02f6df-c141-4d55-8746-a002d763e909.jpg?v=1777158410","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-death-and-life-of-jim-rogers-9781623560010","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}