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The File Sharing Report

Posted by michael on from the same-old-song-and-dance dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In July, Slashdot posted an article about the file sharing experiment, which was a database where users could report items they've purchased as a result of file sharing. The author has completed the experiment and written a report outlining the results. He offers the philosophy that file sharing is a result of the industry's failure to meet the business models demanded by today's consumer, and provides many suggestions to the various industries on how to take advantage of the market emerging from file sharing to generate revenue."

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  1. Files they've just taken and not bought or deleted by jakek101 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What about all of the files that these people continue to listen to, but don't delete or buy legit copies of? How much of their music do they actually own? My friends like to tell me that they wouldn't have bought the CD anyway, so downloading it doesn't hurt anybody. This may be true in some cases, but I think most of the time people just decide that they wouldn't have bought it post download.

  2. Re:One more recent trend... by Chess_the_cat · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hear you brother. I hate waiting in line at the bank. So instead of getting my cash from the bank I just steal it from old ladies. Works great and saves me TIME!

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  3. Re:Files they've just taken and not bought or dele by Randy+Wang · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But how are you supposed to make an educated decision without downloading it? ;-)

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  4. Re:Files they've just taken and not bought or dele by hazem · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know, I accidentally hear music all the time. The radio plays, and my neighbors play their stereos loud. In the office, people play their cds and mp3s.

    I also feel really bad for the RIAA. They are just losing so much money to my unauthorized listening. So I send them money. First, I tried to count the songs and send them $0.10 per listening, but it got overwhelming.

    So, I started just sending my pay check directly to them. But then I got kicked out of my apartment and lost my job because I never washed my clothes.

    But now I get an unemployment check and a welfare check, and I just send these directly to the RIAA. The poor guys, they're really hurting these days.

    It's getting colder outside now, but I'm warmed on the inside knowing that the executives at the RIAA are getting their due and are no longer being harmed by my illicit listening activities.

    And here's the cool part, we can all do it!

    Here's the address to send the checks. I always include a note apologizing for taking out the cost of postage. I know I'm hurting an artists, but I can only do so much.

    RIAA
    1330 Connecticut Ave N.W., Suite 300
    Washington, D.C. 20036