Music Downloads: Profit without iTunes

It’s a concensus: Being in the music business sucks, right now. Despite the music industry’s best attempts to vilify file sharing, the prosecution of 12 year olds for downloading music has only resulted in the vilification of the major labels in the eyes of the public. Even after the music biz managed to gut Napster, online file sharing has continued, though on a smaller, more furtive scale. And while iTunes may have figured out a way to prevent listeners from playing each other’s downloaded music (if you try, the program will inform you that your computer is not “authorized” to play the… SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Music Downloads: Profit without iTunes", url: "http://jutiagroup.com/2008/05/14/music-downloads-profit-without-itunes/" });