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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. Horse. Dead. by Petronius · · Score: 0, Redundant

    There must be a zillion articles & posts by now explaining that mp3s and p2p and CD burners and "the internet" aren't bad for music sales. Can we go back to "News... Stuff that matters"?

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  2. Hasn't this consistently been the message? by kokaubeam · · Score: 2, Redundant

    It seems like every time an unbiased study is conducted, it has consistently suggested that P2P not only doesn't harm CD sales but at times has even helped the overall sale of CDs. I have only heard the opposite from the recording industry and the media outlets that get their data from them.

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  3. Re:Its still piracy by RickHunter · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It is, in fact, not stealing. Nothing is being stolen. It IS copyright infringement. Whether it SHOULD be copyright infringement is another question.

    But it is not stealing. Get it through your head.

    If it is stealing, please point out to me what the person downloading the song now has that the record company lacks. And at the relevant part of the criminal code that defines it as thieft. (As opposed to copyright infringement)