Music Industry Downfall, Part II: The Rise of Social Streaming Written by Alex Patriquin (contact - e-mail) — May 12th, 2008 | If any industry has felt the brunt of the internet as a disruptive technology, it’s the music industry, which has been dealt a heavy blow by the onset of digital music distribution.

According to Compete’s measurements, the majority of activity for online music are free streaming music services. A distant second is legal downloads, then subscriptions followed by P2P downloading.

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