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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. Who do they pay? by penguinrenegade · · Score: 1, Redundant

    They certainly aren't paying the users that do the filesharing! So how exactly is this fair?

  2. I suppose... by The+Jonas · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I suppose it's fair because the filesharers aren't paying them either? I still disagree with their double standard of suing/using the data.

  3. Treachery. by Agent+R · · Score: 0, Redundant

    First they scrape up as much marketing information they can get from you, then they sue you.

    RIAA: "Hi. We caught you stealing our music. But our market research shows that you will be more than willing to give us a blank check. Thank you for your selection."

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