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Recordable Media a Bigger Threat Than Filesharing?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the everyday-evil dept.

Matilda the Hun writes "The Register is reporting on the RIAA claims that recordable media is more of a source of piracy than P2P networks. From the article: 'The RIAA's chief executive, Mitch Bainwol, last week said music fans acquire almost twice as many songs from illegally duplicated CDs as from unauthorized downloads, Associated Press reports. According to Bainwol, in turn citing figures from market watcher NPD, 29 per cent of the recorded music obtained by listeners last year came from content copied onto recordable media. Only 16 per cent came from illegal downloads.'"

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  1. Re:RIAA should address the cause by jaypaulw · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    *DO NOT PURCHASE SONGS BACKED BY THE RIAA.*

    sorry I shan't participate in your little boycott.

    If I like music on an RIAA label I will buy it.

    Obviously this is more of a political issue than a music issue for you.

    And talk about FUD! I haven't yet had the slightest of inconvience listening to CDs, ripping CDs and copying them to my ipods.

    For you to think that there is some grand conspiracy is hillarious.