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Music industry claim 95 per cent of all downloads are illegal

New report calls for ISP's to be stricter on culprits

Fri 16 Jan, 2009

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Why is it, that the only people who can't work out how to make digital music downloads work for them .. are the record companiesTheir blanket condemnation of 'illegal downloads' and throwing arbitary figures about doesn't reflect the situation as us music fans see it.Surely some downloads, they might view as having being downloaded illegal, are just the modern equivalent to old fashioned radio play that would then lead to a 'sale'.Apparently 'legal' downloads had a very good yearhttp://mp3.about.com/b/2009/01/02/digital-download-sales-gives-music-industry-a-boost.htm"In the top ten selling digital tracks, Leona Lewis's Bleeding Love was number one with 3.37 million downloads, followed by the track, Low, from Flo Rida Feat featuring T-Pain (2.94 million downloads). For digital albums, Coldplay's Viva La Vida triumphed in the top ten selling digital album charts with 617,000 units; Jack Johnson's Sleep Thorugh The Static was number 2 with 325,000 units sold"According to their 95% of all downloads are illegal statement then those figures above = 5% of 'potential sales which means that we were conning Leona Lewis out of 57 million extra sales - it's all just rubbish and propaganda...If the record industry keeps wining like this, the day when all recorded music is free can't be too far away, and the artists can make their money from gigs, merchandise and sponsorship... it will be the record company's own fault.HM

Fri 16 Jan, 2009

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