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Ipsos-Reid: More Americans Downloading Music
An anonymous reader writes "Ipsos-Reids ongoing research on file trading called Tempo again confirms a continuing rise in the number of Americans downloading music from the Net. Furthermore, almost a third (31%) of those who do download claim they have paid for at least some of the music they got online. Of course, having paid once from services like Rhapsody and PressPlay doesn't mean you were satisfied with the value. It does mean though that a sizeable audience are willing to give these record industry endorsed services a shot even though they can get it all free on KaZaa. You can see the the report graphs here."
The Music Downloads YOU!
...almost a third (31%) of shoplifters claim they have paid for at least some of the goods they got our of the shop!
Kazaa is not free. Each popup cashes in on a little piece of my sanity...
...which is still better than the recording industry cashing in on a large piece of my wallet.
`I dare say you never even spoke to Time!'
`Perhaps not,' Alice cautiously replied: `but I know I have to beat time when I learn music.'
The less money we make each fiscal year, the more we will blame piracy. Sure we are an overvalued service, which is slowly becoming obsolete, but we won't admit it.
Thanks to headstrong pirates like you, we can take our dwindling profit margins to the Congressmen we own, and force legislation that will put you behind bars, and/or force you to buy our product.
You are our best friend, Mr. Pirate, and we salute you.
Thank you.
The Industry
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
Friday 9:15pm - Downloaded new Audioslave album
Friday 9:45pm - Listened to about 4 songs and realizing that it isn't anywhere near as interesting as I'd hoped it would be.
Friday 10:00pm - Hit some discussion boards to see what other people with similar tastes are listening to.
Friday 10:30pm - Dowloaded albums from Lightning Bolt, Beck, and Interpol.
Friday 11:00pm - Began listening to downloaded albums. Liked Lightning Bolt and the new Beck, but didn't care much for Interpol.
Saturday 11:00am - Trip to Newbury Comics (New Englanders know...). Buy 2x Lightning Bolt and 1x Beck. And also while there bought Johnny Cash and Sonic Youth on vinyl. Total outlay... about $65.
Saturday 4:00pm - Served with an arrest warant for illegally downloading music.
Sunday - Spent the day trying to explain the finer points of SoulSeek to my new friend Bubba.
Monday 9:00am - Allowed access to prision computer terminal to check on Slashdot. Awaiting bail...
Yup. I'm a criminal.
-S
--- What parts of "shall make no law", "shall not be infringed", and "shall not be violated" don't you understand?
ACK! Don't say those things on a public forum! Next thing you know all ISPs will have to pay royalties to the RIAA.
Six sick
You and Ipsos-Reid missed something.
It took me a while to figure it out, but I'll bet the 31% that "reported" having paid for the music did this:
Q: Did you download music from the Internet?
A: Yes, I've downloaded music from the Innurnet.
Q: Did you pay for the music you downloaded?
A: 69% - "Fuck no, I l33ched it from a P2P service, FTP site, or USENET newsgroup"
A: 31% - "Of course. The TV ads for my ISP said I could listen to music with AOL 8.0! For just $21.95 per month, a friend of mine showed me this Kazaa thing that puts lots of music in my AOL! He says it even works with other Internets too, not just AOL!1!! But $21.95 a month for all that music is a pretty good price!"