{"id":2777,"date":"2021-12-10T02:19:52","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T02:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/byta.com\/blog\/?p=2777"},"modified":"2023-11-29T03:49:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T03:49:18","slug":"the-state-of-music-sharing-whitepaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/byta.com\/blog\/guest-post\/the-state-of-music-sharing-whitepaper\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the release of Byta\u2019s Whitepaper: The State Of Music Sharing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After months in the works <a href=\"https:\/\/byta.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Byta<\/a> is releasing a Whitepaper on <strong>The State of Music Sharing<\/strong>. This research report is the first of its kind to examine the current challenges faced daily when sharing digital audio files and streams across the music ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"inline-button button-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/byta.com\/resources\/whitepaper\/state-of-music-sharing-2021\"><span class=\"button bg-melon\">Download the Whitepaper now<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In the world of music, few practices are more widespread than the sharing of digital audio files and streams. Whether you\u2019re a professional musician, a casual hobbyist or one of the countless people working behind the scenes in the industry, it\u2019s a near certainty that part of what you do involves sending or receiving files\u2014and in many cases, both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you get a few music professionals together in a room and ask them about file sharing, they\u2019ll quickly start rattling off complaints about everything from poorly designed interfaces and wobbly security measures to inconvenient file formats and missing <a href=\"https:\/\/byta.com\/kb\/article\/file-formats-metadata-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">metadata<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The industry needs something better, and that\u2019s why Byta has elected to take action. Earlier this year, we conducted a wide-ranging, academically crafted survey of musicians and music professionals from around the globe. 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