Impact of Technology on MusicThe introduction of the Internet in the early 1990s and the creation of broadband, MP3 and the file sharing network known as “peer to peer” He completely revolutionized the music industry. Today a large percentage of music is downloaded from the Internet and not purchased over the counter in a record store. This essay will address the impact of new technologies on music and the way music is distributed. To do this, the article will first briefly explain the history of the digital revolution. It will therefore counter the problems and possibilities created by this technology. Over the years, the development of new technologies has caused significant changes in the world we live in. These technological advances affect us at different levels and in different ways. In recent years, the development of new technologies has caused significant changes in the music industry. For three-quarters of a century, records were made by a process now known as analog recording. This process was replaced by digital recording in 1976. The initial advantage of digital recording was that it offered a more accurate way of reproducing sound. A few years later, in 1983, the compact disc was invented and it was now possible to store digital audio on digital media. This has been widely regarded as the completion of the digital revolution (Teachout, 2002). The birth of the CD did not mark the end of the digital revolution. There were bigger, more important innovations on the horizon. The evolution of the Internet was now underway and the possibilities of this medium were almost limitless (Sutherland, 2004). The development of the Internet, broadband, MP3 and then the different ways of sharing music with each other create... medium of paper... (2004). The RIAA is moving with the times. Retrieved 9.14, 2004, from http://www.yale.edu/yfp/archives/feb04/feb04_riaa.htmlGreen, H. (2004). Download: The Next Generation; Music merchants are looking for new ways to earn money honestly from the Internet. Business Week, 1(3870), 64.Musicunintended.org. (2004). more than 2.6 billion files are downloaded illegally per month. Retrieved 9/16/2004 from http://www.musicunited.org/RIAA. (2004). What the RIAA is doing against piracy. Retrieved September 14, 2004, from http://www.riaa.com/issues/piracy/riaa.aspSherman, C. (2000). Napster: copyright killer or distribution hero? Online, 24(6), 8.Sutherland, J. (2004). Business Objects and the evolution of the Internet. Retrieved 9/16/2004 from http://jeffsutherland.com/papers/crcweb.htmlTeachout, T. (2002). Because listening will never be the same again. Comment, 1 14(2), 4.