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The End of an Era
Someone with a wry sense of humour has placed a placard in the window of the Delta Disco Shop in Avenida España in Ibiza Town, which reads “cerrado por la defunción de la música†– “closed because of the passing away of musicâ€. This central shop, the oldest on the island, which first opened its doors 43 years ago, at the beginning sold records, later cassettes and, at the end, CDs and DVDs, but during the past ten years they have seen a drop in sales, each year worse than the previous one, and who is to blame? The internet, of course. In the early days it was Napster who allowed the down-loading of music and they were eventually fined US$26 million, causing the website to close. Internet has brought a lot of advantages to the music industry, although unfortunately not to the people who make their living from it.