Musings on the Importance of Harnessing the Power of the Internet to Improve Access to Soundtracks

Abstract

In the last century, information creation has exploded; more books, newspapers, magazines than ever before; radio shows, recorded music, movies, TV shows, continuous live news, user generated web content, 3D, virtual reality, games, hybrid media types mixing genres and recycling older data, and the list goes on and on. With the digital revolution, this phenomenon of information creation, mixing, recycling, and sharing is ever expanding. Because of the power of the Internet, it has never been so easy to create, save, and share information that will seemingly last forever.