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| From | Road Angel <samsmith@colorado.edu> |
| Subject | piracy |
| Date | Tue, 05 Aug 2003 15:08:30 -0600 |
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Ruh-roh. See, this ain't the file swapping story the industry's been
selling their pet legislators, is it?
THE REST OF THE STORY ON CD SALES DECLINE
The Recording Industry Association of America has taken unprecedented
steps to curb music piracy in the U.S., and blames file-sharing for the
recent drop in CD sales. But he real culprit in the controversy over
digital music is organized crime, whose activities are responsible for
the 14% rise in counterfeit CD sales in 2002, according to a report by
the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. The pirate CD
market has swelled over the last several years, making it "of greater
value than the legitimate music market of every country in the world,
except the USA and Japan," says the IFPI's Commercial Music Piracy 2003
report. At the same time, the U.S. music industry has produced 25% fewer
CDs over the past two years, according to RIAA figures, and Jupiter
Research analyst Mark Mulligan says the industry is suffering a hangover
after the '80s and '90s, when fans were snapping up CD versions of their
favorite vinyl oldies. "Now the CD replacement cycle has drawn to a
close," says Mulligan. Finally, music has more competition when it comes
to young people's discretionary spending. "Youths are no longer defining
themselves by music in the same way they used to," says Mulligan. In
addition to CDs, younger people are spending money on videogames, DVDs,
clothing and lifestyle accessories. (BBC News 4 Aug 2003)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3117505.stm
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...it's a lonesome thing to be passing small towns with the
lights shining sideways when the night is down, or going in
strange places with a dog nosing before you and a dog nosing
behind, or drawn to the cities where you'd hear a voice
kissing and talking deep love in every shadow of the ditch,
and you passing on with an empty, hungry stomach failing
from your heart.
- John Millington Synge
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