MONETISING MUSIC IN AN ERA OF FREE – THE ROLE OF ISPS AND GOVERNMENTS

“There is a growing understanding that everything on the internet isn’t free. As people are getting older and more used to the internet they are starting to understand that it’s not quite the free model that they thought it was at the start” Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Australia 6 “We were one of the first content businesses to have to grapple with a business model that suddenly wasn’t a business model that suddenly wasn’t a business model at all. Suddenly it became common for consumers – and businesses – to use our music without paying for it.” Elio Leoni Sceti, chief executive, EMI Music “The victim of online music piracy is the freedom of artistic expression.” Yves Riesel, president, Abeille Musique France, independent label