Itunes

The only thing that Itunes has changed about the recording industry is that now you have added a third party trying to get a piece of the pie. We live in a fast paced society where people live there lives on the go, and Itunes was smart enough to see the need for music on the go in a legal way. Yes this has changed the recording industry in other ways but those ways are not that drastic. In terms of how it will effect the industry in the future it will probably turn into another scandal. Rumors are already floating around that Itunes is pressuring record labels and artists to give them first access to the artists music. Yes this is a problem but so was payola and plugola. One reform that is going to come of this is that the law makers will have to look into these allegations and figure out how they can stop them from occuring. The other reform is that record labels and artists are going to try and use the internet to sell their music and stop using Itunes. It will help create competition.