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Re: http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/21/study-finds-file-sharers-buy-ten-times-more-music/

Edwin Kyalangalilwa — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:20:14 -0000

Thanks. Combined with the findings of the Norwegian study, these results could give P2P users ammo against heavy handed anti-piracy groups like the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
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Re: http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/21/study-finds-file-sharers-buy-ten-times-more-music/

thaman1 — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:43:01 -0000

Awesome, i like it and definitely buy music once from it. Before it i was buy music from www.loudbeats.com

Re: http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/21/study-finds-file-sharers-buy-ten-times-more-music/

christy — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:20:40 -0000

whipping horse?

Re: http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/21/study-finds-file-sharers-buy-ten-times-more-music/

Drix — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:32:19 -0000

Actually.. bittorrent isn't even av application, it's a technology, used by the applications you use to download content from the users of torrent-hosting sites.

Re: http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/21/study-finds-file-sharers-buy-ten-times-more-music/

Bas Grasmayer — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:00:15 -0000

A mistake in here. BitTorrent is not a file-sharing site, just like Firefox.com is not a site about surfing the web. BitTorrent is an application.

Thanks for sharing. There are some similar researches that show the same; one commissioned by the Canadian government even. Although reports of IFPI/RIAA quote research reports that show negative correlations of course.

Re: http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/21/study-finds-file-sharers-buy-ten-times-more-music/

Steve — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:24:31 -0000

The thing is, what the study says is "if you are into music enough to p2p, then you are also a buyer of music." It's no surprise that my wife, for example, who is a web user that is only a casual music listener, doesn't buy much music.

The question that is relevant is "if you take away p2p from people who also have been proven to buy music (while still using p2p services), does their buying trend go up or down?"

Re: http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/21/study-finds-file-sharers-buy-ten-times-more-music/

Mário — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:11:07 -0000

Great research and definitely something to think about. Music addicts download more and also buy more, that's now news. But I didn't know they were buying so much more!

Re: http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/21/study-finds-file-sharers-buy-ten-times-more-music/

Justina — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:15:40 -0000

Sounds like an example straight from the book Wikinomics. If you haven't read it, you should. Of course, I bought the podibook for my ipod via iTunes...

Re: http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/21/study-finds-file-sharers-buy-ten-times-more-music/

Brian — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:48:39 -0000

This isn't that unbelievable. It's a selection bias in the sample. People who seek out music illegally are expoesd to a ton of music. They are also pretty obviously into music. They have enough passion for it that they go out and spend time seeking out new music. It's not like MTV is a tastemaker anymore.

Personally, I go in waves of music purchases. But, the amount of time I spend on free music streaming sites has an enormous correlation to my music purchases. Not exactly P2P, but similar.

Re: http://venturebeat.com/2009/04/21/study-finds-file-sharers-buy-ten-times-more-music/

Engago team — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:25:55 -0000

Maybe the revenues of the music industry is declining as the content and quality is lower than ever before.
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