The evolution and consequences of digital rights management in relation to online music streaming

Abstract Streaming services now provide the dominant way in which music is distributed and consumed online. Digital rights management (DRM) lies at heart of this trend has evolved alongside a movement from copy-based to streaming-based consumption. This shift poses number new unique issues. Music streaming have changed nature product offered, with musical content becoming de-bundled reduced series permissions covered by DRM associated licences, leaving users trapped permission-based system. may create tension copyright law principles regarding personal ownership exhaustion relation secondary markets, but through analysing relevant US European case it can be demonstrated that there little, if any, legal opportunity for digital markets emerge. There are also further specific consequences affect artists relating diversity composition popular and, also, changing Internet itself. In context remains centrally important, only establishing initial proprietary enable subsequent licence-based online exploitation, indicative re-establishment record industry power allied platforms.