The fact is that the indies are selling a lot more CDs than the major record labels.

事实是独立制作的唱片公司销售的激光唱片要比大牌公司多得多。

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They own one ofthe largest record labels in the world.

它拥有世界上最大的唱片公司之一。

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But for record labels, Apple was the only viable and legal route.

但是对于唱片业，苹果的做法是唯一合法可行的。

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Started in 1987 as a way to bring national attention to Texas musicians like Schneider, South by Southwest is a now week-long event with performers from every continent arriving in Austin, trying to get the attention of booking agents,managers, publishers,record labels, radio presenters,critics and others in the music industry.

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Okay. I'm a producer for a record label called B-Boy Records. One of the original labels

好的，我是B-Boy唱片公司的制作人。B-Boy是最早成立的唱片公司之一。

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In essence, the record labels say radio stations are receiving free content that drives listeners to a particular station, while the radio stations respond that by playing that content, record labels receive free advertising and publicity that leads to new consumers and increased sales of their recorded music product.

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Much of that has to do with the strange economic incentive system in the music business--acts keep most of the money made on tour, while record labels keep most of any money made from record music sales.

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The latter came about thanks largely to the efforts of Steve Jobs, who was able to play record labels off against each other and eventually stock his virtual record store with over 26 million songs.

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