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Study: MP3 Sharing Not Serious Threat To CD Sales

Posted by timothy on from the problem-with-static-worldviews dept.

pkaral writes "The two distinguished gentlemen Strumpf and Oberholzer-Gee have most likely made RIAA executives choke on their lunches. Those two economists at Harvard and UNC-Chapel Hill have done the research and the math on how much CD sales are actually hurt by P2P sharing. The answer: A whopping one CD per 5,000 files downloaded. Needless to say, RIAA are already trying to discredit the study."

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  1. fo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

  2. I used to work with Strumpf and Oberholzer-Gee by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Brillant guys, but Oberholzer-Gee had a real nasty habit of picking his nose in public and eating the booger. Really disgusting to watch!

  3. bah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Somehow I think the RIAA will point out that UNC's mens basketball team didn't even make it to the Sweet 16 this year, and thus everything coming out of UNC is bull flop.

    They'll also point out that Harvard only got a whopping 3 conference wins in this year's Ivy League season.

  4. I think you mean ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    "cry foul" and not "cry fowl".

    Unless you're envisioning the industry crying out about birds. Which might be your point.