Everyone has been talking about it for years: the crisis in the music industry, which is attributed to advancing digitalisation and the ramifications of the Internet. Yet, does such a crisis really exist, and if yes, does it really result from the processes of digitalisation and digital networking? But above all, what do the changes taking place in the industrial exploitation of music mean for this itself? Is the seemingly unstoppable erosion of the traditional music industry model for exploitation a chance for new ideas and new forms of creative dealings with music, also and specifically in the cultural spaces of the digital universe? Or does the nearly limitless availability of music by mouse click leave behind a desert of arbitrariness? Does it lead to a nirvana of economic irrelevance with far-reaching consequences for music and musicians?