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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.'"
you, as a dedicated RIAA-hater and music lover illegally download music and take whatever risk is associated with that. Then, with no apparent benefit, you go and pay the RIAA and the rest of the industry that you would like to change.
Why? Guilt?
If you are going to download, why purchase? You aren't getting your point across. The only way folks are going to convince the content owners, artists, composers and so on and so forth that they must release their material for free is to STOP BUYING.
OK, if you are a dedicated law-abiding citizen that fears the reprisals if they download a song, fine - do without. But if you are downloading anyway WHAT ARE YOU DOING PAYING FOR IT? This destroys the entire concept of "it has to be free or we will just steal it" that everyone is pushing for.
Please, understand what you are fighting for. It is the elimination of the possibility of any financial reward for anything that can be expressed in digital media. While this view may not be shared by everyone, it certainly should be shared by all "downloaders".