Music Cd Replication And TechnologyIt seems like as the technology improves over the years, the need for music cd replication is decreasing dramatically. With more people turning to music downloads and satellite radio stations, more and more money is being lost on making the cds that are not being sold. Digital music is also causing this decrease, and causing musicians to find other ways of making money on their music. People are no longer owning cd players like before, and instead they are owning tiny music players that will play hundreds of songs digitally. With technology changing every year, music professionals are having to find different ways to make money off their music. Music cd replication will soon just be a thing of the past, especially as new generations grow up through the years. With that said, it seems like most of the music cd replication going on is by individuals only after they have downloaded songs to their computer. If they don't have a digital music player, a cd could then be made of the songs they have downloaded, instead of buying a cd at a store. After seeing how these downloads have affected musicians, tougher rules began for these music downloads. People started having to buy each song they wanted to download which equalled out to be the same price as buying a cd at a store. The only problem is that people are still able to find sites that allow free downloads, and some were doing so illegally. While a number of people did get in trouble for doing this, the amount of people who did not is very high. They don't realize that doing this is stealing. Music cd replication changed the music industry dramatically when it was time to switch from records to the modern cd. This is when people had to figure out how to make music cd replication in large quantities to sell at music stores all over the world. Larger, high quality machines to do the actual replication were designed and used everywhere. If no one is using these machines now, what do they plan to do with them though? These machines are highly expensive to make and to purchase, but now the need is so decreased. Soon you may see the music cd section completely empty when you go to your local retail store. Does this mean that we are right where we were when the records turned into a vintage item? What about the eight track machine too? It seems like the way technology is changing is really for a great direction, but it just seems like it is changing much faster than all the previous times. |