While I hate the RIAA - just because music swapping increases sales, it does NOT mean that it's right. Just because music companies SHOULD let us share music, and SHOULD make it easier to buy music online, does not mean they HAVE to. People like to talk about rights - but rarely do I hear someone sticking up for the record companies. Yes, they are being stupid. Yes, they aren't being nice, but the last time I checked, they have every right to be both dumb and, as long as it's legal - mean.
-Raymond P.S. Bare in mind - I'm not saying that it's right for the RIAA to moan about how they are losing sales if they know better. That is lying to the public, and is different. > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 10:24 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Study: File sharing boosts music sales > > > An interesting article from C|Net. It seems that the RIAA > Mafia racketeers > have been talking through their hat. > > Here's a summary: > > Hundreds of millions of songs may illegally trade hands > online every month, > but file swapping may actually be causing people to spend > more money on > music, according to a new research report. A study released > this week by > Jupiter Research reports that about 34 percent of veteran > file swappers say > they are spending more on music than they did before they started > downloading files. About 14 percent of heavy file traders say > they now spend > less on music. > http://news.com.com/2100-1023-898813.html?tag=dd.ne.dht.nl-sty.0 > > larry > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
