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Report Claims 95% of Music Downloads Are Illegal
Un pobre guey writes "The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) press release claims that 95% of music file downloads in 2008, an estimated 40 billion files, were illegal. Oddly enough, digital music sales are up: 'The digital music business internationally saw a sixth year of expansion in 2008, growing by an estimated 25 per cent to US$3.7 billion in trade value. Digital platforms now account for around 20 per cent of recorded music sales, up from 15 per cent in 2007. Recorded music is at the forefront of the online and mobile revolution, generating more revenue in percentage terms through digital platforms than the newspaper (4%), magazine (1%) and film industries (4%) combined... Despite these developments, the music sector is still overshadowed by the huge amount of unlicensed music distributed online. Collating separate studies in 16 countries over a three-year period, IFPI estimates over 40 billion files were illegally file-shared in 2008, giving a piracy rate of around 95 per cent.'"
... Tell the Artist to stop making illegal music.
95% of statistics are made up on the spot.
5% of all music downloads are overpriced.
Sheesh, why not say it's 100%, or even 99.999% At least come up with some believable percentage for crying out loud..
"I bow to no man" - Riddick
"The top-selling digital single of 2008 was Lil Wayne's Lollipop with sales of 9.1 million units"
I think my hope for the human race just died a little.
Murphey's fighting Occam, and we're in the stands.
You talkin' marshmallows or record company executives?
Yep.
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?