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>>* No, it means the music industry as a whole is doomed, period.

Or, it means that technology (and preexisting oligopoly) has broken that particular market.*

So, basically the same thing in a different phrasing?

>Recordings themselves are an experiential byproduct.

Yes. I do think that the record ALSO removed the primary link between audience and musician. But al least it retained some of that.

A record is a byproduct primarily linked with music.

In a way that t-shirt, an autograph box, vinyl dolls etc are not.




So, basically the same thing in a different phrasing?

No, that would be like relating the facts I mentioned about the software industry, and saying that, "The Software Industry is Doomed, Period."

It's more like, "The X industry of time period Y through Z is doomed." Phrased that way, it seems embarrassingly obvious.

There is no, "The Music Industry," of all time. There is only music industry of a particular technological context.




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