I don't like the lawsuits much, but I am not yet convinced that Napster hasn't reduced record sales. The initial post claims:
"Napster's usage has quadrupled...[ ] And since the record industry sold more CDs then ever last year, that of course proves what all these lawsuits are about *cough*."
The time when Napster usage supposedly quadrupled was during this year (in the last 5 months). So to determine Napster's effect on record sales we need to look for a change in sales during the same time frame... Maybe in the end it will still prove
*cough*?
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I don't like the lawsuits much, but I am not yet convinced that Napster hasn't reduced record sales. The initial post claims: "Napster's usage has quadrupled...[ ] And since the record industry sold more CDs then ever last year, that of course proves what all these lawsuits are about *cough*." The time when Napster usage supposedly quadrupled was during this year (in the last 5 months). So to determine Napster's effect on record sales we need to look for a change in sales during the same time frame... Maybe in the end it will still prove *cough*?