Filesharing Traffic Drops After RIAA Threats

bryan writes "According to CNN, facing the threat of lawsuits from a music industry trade group, fewer people are using online filesharing applications to swap songs. Internet audience measurement service Nielsen Net Ratings said traffic on Kazaa, the leading filesharing platform, fell 15 percent in the week ended July 6 from the previous week. It was during that prior week, on June 25, that the Recording Industry Association of America said it would track down the heaviest users of "peer-to-peer" services like Kazaa and sue them for damages of up to $150,000 per copyright violation." This follows earlier reports, from the filesharing companies themselves, that traffic was actually increasing.

Comments

Week ending July 6 ...

[ddrem]

Gee, it couldn't have had anything to do with a certain three-day holiday weekend in the U.S. that fell during that week, right? What was it again?

Something not noticed

[Apreche]

Something that a lot of these guys have not thought of, is of course, the obvious answer/truth. File sharing traffic drops in may/june and rises again in late august early september. The college students leave and go back to school with their beloved OCs. Oh dual OC3s, how I miss thee.