Staggered music releases: time to close the window

The music industry is finally reassessing the custom of servicing songs to radio months before the record is legally available to download in a bid to combat piracyA year and a half ago, Behind the Music brought up the problem of staggered releases, and how the custom of servicing songs to radio months before the record is legally available to download drives music fans to use illegal downloading sites. Last summer, I pointed out that acts like David Guetta lost sales to cover artists who releas...

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