Rapid rise of internet has lagrely impacted global market. Since usage of internet has increased because of accessibility misuse is observed. Just like coin internet also has two sides, postive and negative sides
Entertainment industries has been affected by both positively as well as negatively. Music industry has been caught in that wave too. Music has reached masses because of internet . But due to piracy producers have faced some losses financially. Earlier music was sold in CDs and audio cassettes. And now it is being released on internet. This makes it easy to be pirated and upload in on pirated sites foe free. Listners download music for free instead of paying for it. This affects industry economically.
But on the other side due to accessibility and free download the music in being heard by more larger listeners. Making the music more popular than it would’ve been otherwise. As the music is viral this profit both artist and producers because of popularity. They gain more listeners which eventually increases their number of audience in concert and also gives more opportunities for artists to perform.
Internet has always benefited users , but depends upon the way of using it. Although piracy or free downloading profits industry in something or another way but still it’s illegal to use pirated site. Because efforts are being made by the artists to create a beautiful piece of music it can be appreciated by buying the music officially