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Recording Industry's Unexpected Benefit from P2P

Posted by Cliff on from the having-their-cake-and-eating-it-too dept.

Matthew Schultheis writes: "Yahoo / AP is reporting that the record industry is using the files traded on Kazza et al. to track where music is popular. It turns out that they even pay for this information. 'It's the most vast and scalable sample audience that the world has ever seen'" Now if they could only use this data to somehow put out better music...

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  1. In other news by BlackCobra43 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Razor-sharp irony kills 3, wounds 25.

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  2. hmm... by Hi_2k · · Score: 5, Funny

    We could abuse this: Everyone, start sharing plenty of Polka, 80's pop, and Barney. Now lets talk about targeted marketing!

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  3. Glitch in the Matrix by Gyan · · Score: 3, Funny


    Goto's should be avoided in programming. So far, it has gotten this story posted 4-5 times already within the last few months.

  4. Yo, to all of you Alanis' out there... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Stop telling us how ironic this is. It's not. It's just fsckin' sad.

  5. Re:Eh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Eh? That is what corporations are supposed to do.

  6. Re:Benefitting from a crime... by Saeger · · Score: 3, Funny
    DON'T get me wrong, though. I AM IN NO WAY ADVOCATING, CONDONING OR APPROVING OF, what the nazis did ... Once again, I DO NOT CONDONE WHAT THEY DID.

    anti-semite!

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  7. Where do I send my bill? by psoriac · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've downloaded dozens of songs today alone... to whom do I address my bill for services rendered?

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  8. Re:Ironic... by fleener · · Score: 4, Funny

    Evidently the concept of irony is not lost on most /.ers. I have seen like 5 posts that look identical to mine in the last minute. :)

  9. Given the great number of ... by SiliBelgian · · Score: 4, Funny

    people who share their entire hard disk on Kazaa, this could result in the production of the Biggest Hit Song of All Times...

    The name would be somewhat like explorer.exe...

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  10. False Recordings. by titaniafq · · Score: 3, Funny

    So now the recording associations are going to think that the following is their most popular artist. teen anal cum xxx hot God help the record stores when a kid asks for that!

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