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Australian Record Industry Has Best Year Ever

Posted by michael on from the darn-pirates dept.

Hecatonchires writes "ARIA (Australian Record Industry Assoc.) had their best year ever, but are fudging the figures because they run counter to their anti-filesharing arguments."

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  1. Lovely acronym by modder · · Score: 4, Funny

    aria for the record industry.

  2. Re:Keep in mind by beakerMeep · · Score: 4, Funny
    AFAIK no-one has ever argued that file-sharing helps record sales.

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  3. Despair, Pirate Scum !!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Listen now, ye yellow-livered one-eyed pirate scum ! Ye thought ye had em down, didn't ye ? Bu they're still rising, ain't them ? Ye can't keep them Music Empire down, can ye ?!?

    Look at these numbers and despair, ye pirate scum !

  4. Quantity not quality ? by Space+cowboy · · Score: 3, Funny


    Given the crap nature of 99% of current music, either Aussies have *really* bad taste, or the quantity of crap being rained from above must have gone through the roof...

    Simon

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  5. This just in! by mrpuffypants · · Score: 4, Funny

    Record labels lie! Details at 11!

  6. Re:Oh, come on by FullCircle · · Score: 4, Funny

    It couldn't POSSIBLY be that we are having trouble paying rent or buying food due to the economy.

    Yep, it's gotta be those darn pirates.

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  7. an appropriate reference by rock_climbing_guy · · Score: 3, Funny
    an appropriate reference for this story.

    'nuff said

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  8. Re:Copy Control by ryanwright · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can't rip the CD to my MP3 player. These are the two devices I use to listen to music.

    So take it back to the store, demand your money back, and go download it.

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