This statistic of 10% growth does not show that people are diregaring the RIAA. It just shows that certain file sharing programs user base grew 10%.
If the user base grew 20% the month before...and now it only grew 10%...well, maybe people are afraid to file-share.
Regardless, the article doesn't give enough information to draw any real conclusion...especially one as broad as people are disregarding the RIAA announcement.
Does anyone know the preceding 5 or 6 month percentage growth so we can compare?
As soon as I heard this was available one use popped in my mind immediately. Free Preview. I can see many people simply preiewing songs...finding the ones they like...then heading to kazaa...
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This statistic of 10% growth does not show that people are diregaring the RIAA. It just shows that certain file sharing programs user base grew 10%. If the user base grew 20% the month before...and now it only grew 10%...well, maybe people are afraid to file-share. Regardless, the article doesn't give enough information to draw any real conclusion...especially one as broad as people are disregarding the RIAA announcement. Does anyone know the preceding 5 or 6 month percentage growth so we can compare?
As soon as I heard this was available one use popped in my mind immediately. Free Preview. I can see many people simply preiewing songs...finding the ones they like...then heading to kazaa...