What The RIAA Gets Out Of File Sharing

ChrisPaget writes "Wired have a fascinating article about a company called BigChampagne which sells regional P2P download statistics to most of the major record labels. When the labels know what people are downloading, they know what to put on the radio, and sales in the area increase. The record industry's lawsuits against file- sharing companies hang on their assertion that the programs have no use other than to help infringe copyrights. If the labels acknowledge a legitimate use for P2P programs, it would undercut their case as well as their zero-tolerance stance."

Comments

Nah, it doesn't hurt their stance

[Urkki]

I mean, it's about same as if some company made statistics about stolen stuff (I mean stuff that can be stolen in the legal sense of the word). If that company sold their results to other companies for marketing research, I don't think that would be an argument in favor of allowing theft...

So why is RIAA compromising their position if they get statistics on P2P copyright infringement, even if it is for marketing purposes?

PC iTunes type thing

[SoulEata]

If you dumbasses actually went to bestbuy instead of downloading your shit all the time, you'd realize BestBuy has software for 10 bucks a month where you can download as much music as you want legally. Much better than iTunes imo

Re:Right...

[aflat362]

Lol!

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