The Death of Oink

nomos

nomos

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not arguing that downloading hasn't hurt sales, that much is obvious.

BUT... look at where people's money is going now: dvds, video games and systems; mobile phones and service; satellite tv or digital cable; pvrs; home theatre; internet service; computers; mp3 players; legit tv and movie downloads; keeping up with technology upgrades and new formats.

most of these are relatively new products and services. most are based on monthly fees and/or built-in obsolescence and regular replacement. apart from there being a lot of people stealing music, i think most people are just spread too thinly across the mediascape to afford buying as much as before, or even to care about it as much as in the past. if you even just take the example of the ipod, here's a thing that costs more than many people spend on music in a year or two or more, and which has to be replaced regularly because they're not meant to last. and there goes someone's music budget.
 
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shudder

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this sort of goes along with the idea I've heard bandied about that music is losing a little bit its central role in pop culture, with the rise of video games and DVDs.
 
nomos

nomos

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P2P users buy more music -- Canadian govt study

A economic study funded by the Canadian government has concluded that heavy P2P users buy more music.

"When assessing the P2P downloading population, there was "a strong positive relationship between P2P file sharing and CD purchasing. That is, among Canadians actually engaged in it, P2P file sharing increases CD purchases." The study estimates that one additional P2P download per month increases music purchasing by 0.44 CDs per year."

"When viewed in the aggreggate (ie. the entire Canadian population), there is no direct relationship between P2P file sharing and CD purchases in Canada. According to the study authors, "the analysis of the entire Canadian population does not uncover either a positive or negative relationship between the number of files downloaded from P2P networks and CDs purchased. That is, we find no direct evidence to suggest that the net effect of P2P file sharing on CD purchasing is either positive or negative for Canada as a whole."
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From Michael Geist via Boing Boing.
 
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