Canadian Record Industry Disputes Own P2P Claims

CRIAWatch writes "The Canadian Recording Industry Association has quietly issued a new study that contradicts many of its own claims about the impact of P2P usage on the music industry. Michael Geist summarizes the 144 page study by noting that the research 'concludes that P2P downloading constitutes less than one-third of the music on downloaders' computers, that P2P users frequently try music on P2P services before they buy, that the largest P2P downloader demographic is also the largest music buying demographic, and that reduced purchasing has little to do with the availability of music on P2P services.'"

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Re:It's... well... what...

[BigBlockMopar]

This has got to be the first time the recording industry has said anything surprising, or possibly realistic regarding piracy.

Actually, it's probably more along the lines of the limited quantities of lame Tragically Hip and Rita MacNeil songs in peoples' MP3 directories.