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Legal Music Downloads Increase in 2005

Posted by samzenpus on from the still-missing-napster dept.

GraWil writes "The CBC is reporting there is marked increase in legal music downloads in 2005. American internet users downloaded 158 million individual songs from January to June 2005, compared with 55 million during the same period in 2004; during the same period, U.S. CD sales decreased by 7%. According to Peter Jamieson, head of the British Phonographic Industry, "the record industry has enthusiastically embraced the new legal download services ... and now we're beginning to reap the rewards". In the UK, sales of seven-inch vinyl singles were also up 87% on last year."

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  1. Re:Hm.. by sthebig · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's okay, I read it that way too. ... Now, back to masturbating.....

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  2. Re:Trustworthy tracking by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Nothing was said about illegal downloads, the article was about how many legal downloads there were, which they do know.

  3. great... by grrrl · · Score: 4, Informative

    so where the freak is iTunes AU???

    I'd really love to be into this "legal" download sensation but noone will sell to me (and if it doesn't work on my pod I'm not interested).

  4. Re:RIAA's response.. by pahles · · Score: 5, Informative

    Joke aside, but are they? These are legal downloads, so about 65 cent per 99-cent-song is going right into the pocket of the music industry. Apple alone has sold almost 500 million songs, that's 325 million dollars, for doing nothing!

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