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File Sharing and CD Sales, Again

Posted by michael on Friday August 23, 2002 @06:40PM from the dissection-and-vivisection dept.

Andrew Leonard writes "Stan Liebowitz, an economist studying the effects of file-trading on the music industry, says in an article in Salon that new numbers have convinced him that the decline in CD sales may be partially attributable to MP3 downloading. But he also argues that the decline does not justify draconian new laws."

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First! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-08-23 18:43 · Score: 0, Flamebait

How come they dont analyze how bad music is nowadays as the reason for the decline in CD sales?
Re:Might it possibly be....? by rizzuh · 2002-08-23 19:09 · Score: 2, Flamebait

That you think nerds who follow Slashdot are the mass of the populace? That a teenager who wants to blatently steal his favorite artist's music doesn't consider the political ramifications of the RIAA?