Interoperability in music: the sorry story of MP3

By
Dan Cryan

March 23, 2011

The removal of DRM requirements on digital music stores in 2007 has had no significant impact on digital music sales, with the growth of the market continuing to slow. Instead digital music has proved to be service-deiven, with the market leaders being those companies that provide customers with seamless, convenient experiences. This has some significant lessons for the emerging ebook market and initiatives like Ultarviolet.

Tables and charts included:

iPod and iTunes cumulative sales from 2002 to 2008
Annual sales: iPod and DVD player five years post launch, in millions (US, Germany, France, UK)
Total online music transactions, in billions
2007: Trade Revenues from online ALC music vs iPod share of MP3 users (France, Germany, Spain, Italy, UK, US)
2010: Trade Revenues from online ALC music vs iPod share of MP3 users (France, Germany, Spain, Italy, UK, US)
Growth of single track downloads, in % (Italy, Spain, UK, US)
Annual Shipments: iPhone and iPod, in millions, in the UK, France and Germany
iTunes market share, in percentage, in Germany and the US

Pages: 10

Tables & charts: 10

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Countries: France Germany Italy Japan Spain Sweden UK USA
Companies: Apple 7digital Microsoft Deutsche Telekom Amazon Deezer Rhapsody Netflix

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