In its heyday, Napster turned the music industry on its head by offering software that allowed music lovers all over the world to share files online. Yet after a series of damaging lawsuits over copyright issues, the service was effectively shut down.
2006-10-07 16:11:26 · 5 answers · asked by runnerdx 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The phrase is a bit of imagery intended to suggest an event that dramatically altered the business as it had been up until then.
"On its head" is literally conveying the notion that it was upended, though more metaphorically in this case than physically.
In short, it means a dramatic change. The phrase is often meant to convey not only a dramatic change, but one that catches people offguard and leaves them scrambling to cope with the change.
I'm an editor, so I've seen that phrase overused hundreds of times. In this case, the writer isn't exaggerating too much. Napster was a dramatic change in the model of how the music industry did business. If it had gone unchecked, it would have mean that Napster would have provided an easy way for users to circumvent copyright laws and the protections that had been in place for a long time.
2006-10-07 16:39:27 · answer #1 · answered by reel_life1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now i'm extra partial to the 60s and 70s classic rock and don't possibly like heavy metallic, yet I thoroughly comprehend the place you're coming from. The music industry on the instant is saturated with talentless shells who purely must be a exceedingly boy with out genuine skill to grow to be stars. there are such somewhat a number of them that genuine artists with genuine skills are thoroughly overwhelmed and pushed out of the limelight. i don't foresee the industry changing decrease back to the stable ol' days of genuine music ever back. further and extra random talentless shells will shop flooding the airwaves for some destiny years. Crap.
2016-10-19 00:16:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Changed the industry. Like the Internet changing the computer industry.
2006-10-07 16:25:48 · answer #3 · answered by JT 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let me see, to me,
Free music = happy fans!!
To the music industry,
Free music = no money for bands
no money for bands = no music
no music = unhappy fans
IE: Turn music industry on it's head = They can then kick you in the face.
2006-10-07 16:23:14 · answer #4 · answered by sanwhatnow 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that they drastically changed the music industry--turned it completely upside down.
2006-10-07 16:27:52 · answer #5 · answered by happygirl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋