Music Industry P2P Claims Dismantled

Canarock writes "First Monday runs a great article this month from Canadian law professor Michael Geist that dismantles the recording industry's claims about the peer-to-peer. Using actual data from Canada, Piercing the P2P Myths, demonstrates that the loss claims are greatly exaggerated and that P2P has had little, if any impact on the income of the artists themselves." From the article: "The Canadian government has been the target of intense lobbying for stronger copyright legislation in recent months. Led by the music industry, which claims that it has experienced significant financial losses due to music downloading, the campaign culminated in November 2004 with a lobby day on Parliament Hill."

Comments

I for one....

[Landak]

I am glad to see at last that someone has taken the time and decency to separate the spin from the yarn.

Perhaps this will act to sober their crusade against "copyright infringement" in the states?

Tom Cochrane

[ewe2]

There's one Canadian artist who should be materially harmed. Better yet, send him to a real third world country.

Re:But, the underlying premise is wrong.

[turnstyle]

It's obvious that I wasn't comparing p2p to violence and racism.

You said that old problems that have plagued humanity weren't worth striving to better, and I think that's stupid. Still do.

Are you one of those Troll people?