March 23, 2005
Music Sales Rise in United States By THE NEW YORK TIMES
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/23/business/23music.html?pagewanted=print&position=
After years of decline, sales of recorded music and music-video products appear to be stabilizing in the United States as the industry continues to battle piracy and promote authorized online music services, according to data released yesterday by the industry's major trade and lobbying groups.
The number of CD's and other music products shipped from record labels to retail merchants rose 2 percent last year, to 814 million units, the first annual increase in five years, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.
The shipments carried an estimated value of $12.2 billion, a rise of 2.5 percent, the trade organization said. The figures refer to albums and products shipped to retailers and mail-order clubs, not actual sales to consumers.
A separate report yesterday by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, the global trade group, said that worldwide sales of recorded music products were essentially flat last year.
In a case scheduled for the Supreme Court next week, justices are being asked to decide whether the file-sharing companies Grokster and Morpheus can be held liable for any copyright infringement by their users who may engage in trading music and video files free.
================================ George Antunes, Political Science Dept University of Houston; Houston, TX 77204 Voice: 713-743-3923 Fax: 713-743-3927 antunes at uh dot edu
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