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RIAA vs The Economy

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ineffables-always-win dept.

thumbtack writes "Boycott-RIAA.com is running an analysis of the RIAA sales vs a number of other large corporations. It was compiled by Justin Moore at Duke University. It is really quite interesting, showing the the RIAA sales are pretty much consistent with the rest of the economy. From the analysis: I would assert, however that it does make the case in cold, hard numbers that the RIAA's claim of digital piracy ravaging their sales must be taken with a rather large grain of salt. The CEOs of Eastman-Kodak are in a nearly identical economic situation as the RIAA, yet do not have the luxury of blaming digital piracy."

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  1. They just blame Digital Photography. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, Eastman-Kodak blames Digital Photography instead.

  2. Re:It starts with you. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, I've got a couple Eminem MP3s here, I've been duplicating them over and over. I figure I've got 200 copies on my HD right now. That'll show 'em.

    I'm gonna burn each one onto a CDR 10-15 times, I figure he'll be broke by the time I run out of blanks.

  3. Proof! by MongoMike · · Score: 5, Funny
    Finally, proof that illegal file trading is the cause of America's weak economy! This report shows that RIAA isn't the only one affected by this plague.

    Wouldn't really be surprised if RIAA eventually sports this argument. :)