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More evidence that P2P isn't hurting music sales
From Donna Wentworth at Copyfight comes more evidence that rumors of the recording industry's death by peer-to-peer file sharing are greatly exaggerated.
Writes Professor Geist [Toronto Star, reg. req.]:
[Perhaps] the best evidence yet of the tenuous link between file sharing and music sales comes from the music industry's performance following the Federal Court of Canada's file sharing decision denying the CRIA's [ed.- Canada's "RIAA" ] demand to disclose the identities of 29 alleged file sharers at the end of March of this year. Despite the dire predictions that the decision would decimate music sales, the six-month period following the decision saw CD unit sales jump by 12.4 per cent in Canada over the prior year.
December 1, 2004 at 11:17 PM in Music | Permalink
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As is often the case when people try to justify things they do that they really know they shouldn't .. this is another lame attempt to alleviate your own (appropriate) guilty conscience. Forget abstract discussions about whether you're "hurting CD sales" - in the immediate realm of you (that is, the uploader) and those who download your files, the answer is obviously, unequivocally "yes". The musicians signed the contract, did all that negotiating and work with the record company, etc, with THE INTENT of selling their hard work for money, hopefully to even earn themselves a decent living. Whether or not you "hate" the big, evil record companies is irrelevant, and more excuse-making by the weak-minded. Unless the musicians say otherwise - and some do, some say "we welcome file sharing" - they have worked on that aspect of their careers with the hope and intent of selling records. You'd rather steal from them. They're laying bricks all day to build a wall - and when the day ends, you steal that wall. Period. All the rest of the blahblahblah is just pathetic excuse-making by people with relativistic morals who aren't above stealing something if they can.
Posted by: Jay Dee | May 3, 2005 6:20:16 AM
Actually, it's very very rare that I'll buy a CD unless I can listen to a few of their songs FIRST. In my case since I generally do not enjoy the mass-produced pop etc they spew out over the radiowaves hearing samples of the bands I want to hear from is difficult. I hate using those grimy CD sampler stands in the music store. I hate -being- in the music store, I want to go in, grab what I want pay and leave. If I don't know what a band sounds like and I'm looking at paying up to 50.00 for certain imports I'm sure as hell downloading a small amount of their songs first to decide if it's worth my money. Often. It isn't. I'd be flat broke with a shitty CD collection if I followed the whims of the industry.
Posted by: Midare | Sep 17, 2005 8:30:06 AM
If you want the groups to do well, download the album, find out their adress and mail them a $5 bill. That way, they're guaranteed more than if you bought the album and you cut out the middle.. Record Company. Just my 2 cents, but I think it's a good idea.
Posted by: Preston | Oct 21, 2005 12:04:09 PM
