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It is very difficult to understand the importance of the Digital Revolution in the music business. The most knowledgeable experts in the industry with decades of experience are totally lost when they think about the future of the music distribution. The only clear fact is that there is a very significant transition going on right now and that it will change the world forever. There is no need to be interested in the Internet or music to know it. It is happening so globally and so fast that nobody can escape from it. Since the beginning of the music business until now, everything was really simple. Like the clothing business or the furniture business, the goods for sale were tangible. The goal of the artist, the record label, and all the parties involved in the business was to sell records. Vinyl, cassette, and compact disc are tangible, digital music is not. So how do you buy music now? How do you get it? How do you listen to it? How do you carry it? All these are questions that even a person who worked for fifty years in the industry doesn’t know. The answer can be easily be provided by a fifteen year old who spends many hours on the computer and probably knows how to get that music, how to listen to it, and how to carry it