To gather information for this website, we used a variety of sources, such as books, website, and writing emails to major firms and organizations in this industry. Below is a list of books and websites where we found most of our information from:

Books:

1. Fink, Michael. Inside the Music Industry, 2nd edition. New York: Schirmer Books, 1996.
2. Hull, Geoffrey P. The Recording Industry. Needham Heights, Massachusetts: Allyn & Bacon, 1998.
3. Martland, Peter. Since Records Began: EMI The first 100 years, Portland Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1997.
4. Krasnoff, Barbara, "Rather than stamp out MP3, music companies aim to develop a variety of secure audio formats to save the day," in Computer Shopper; Davis Publishing Company, August 1999, p287.
5. Online Service Information, "Analyst speak; The music industry seems only to see the dangers of online music distribution, not its opportunities, says Sorcha Ni hEilidhe," in New Media Age; Centaur. Publishing Ltd., February 10, 2000, p41.
6. Deutsche Bank, "EMI Group; Warner EMI Music: And the Beat Goes On…," UK Publishing Group, January 1, 2000.
7. Merrill Lynch, "Executive Summary," in The Media Handbook, January 2000.
8. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, "Internet: How Big a Threat?," December 2, 1999.

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