For MIDEM 2016 as Label Ambassador I created this infographic to acompany my article that dives into the open source opportunities the music industry seems to be ignoring.
"There are a few striking similarities between the rise of open source computing and the disruptive changes we’ve seen in the music industry. The nineties brought a new and novel concept in computing – Linux. A free and community driven operating system, Linux began its ascent from academia-centric and hobbyist-fodder into a platinum standard that powers the vast majority of the world online. The world’s embrace of Linux forced stalwart technology incumbents like IBM to reevaluate their core offerings in order to stay relevant during the rise of open source communities. Since then those technology companies have adapted. They’ve taken the change Linux brought in stride while also moving rapidly to embrace the opportunities in their new reality. Napster (and subsequent explosion of digital music platforms) have had a similar effect on the music industry – unseating established norms through distributed communities centred around sharing."
