Music Industry Blames Downloaders For Bad Year
from the of-course dept
Ah, once again, the weak minded jump to the conclusions that best fit their perculiar viewpoint. The music industry is almost entirely blaming bad sales from last year on music downloaders. They trot out some study that they paid for (bias? what's that?), and talk about how evil music downloaders are. They barely seem to notice that there's a bit of a recession going on, which certainly could hurt music sales (they mention it, but seem to focus on those evil downloaders). And, of course, as they've always done, they refuse to admit that some music downloaders actually use it to discover new music that they then go and spend money on.
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Availability increases sales, period.
Having access to online music has made it possible for my family to accomplish the following:
And while I may be the exception to the rule, I appreciate the quality of a CD over a 128kbps MP3 enough to pay for it.
Result: we have spent more on music in the past 3 years than we have in the previous 7. RIAA, pull your head out of the sand and come on over, we have receipts to prove it.
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Good music == good sales
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