The Guardian runs a story on a Jupiter Research report that finds that the UK's recording industry has overestimated the costs of file sharing by as much as a factor of four. The report doubts the industry's methodology and its claim of the impact of P2P on sales.
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File Sharing Has Saved Music
Music, not the recording industry.
The Sound of Silence
The Canadian Press picks up on the story involving Nettwerk's backing of a defendant in an RIAA suit. The story includes some additional comments and insights from Nettwerk's Terry McBride. McBride says that he has the support of all the artists that he manages including Avril Lavigne, the Barenaked Ladies, […]
Kazaa and Canadian Law
Earlier today an Australian court ruled in favour of the music industry in its copyright infringement suit against Sharman Networks, the company behind Kazaa. I won' t venture into providing an analysis of Australian law; see Kim Weatherall's excellent, quick analysis of the case, which notes that this decision is […]
More Music Industry Myths Exposed
As many readers will know, I've written a fair amount about the myths associated with file sharing and music sales. My writing has focused on the growth of DVDs and video games, changes to the retail channel, and the compensation earned through the private copying levy to demonstrate the losses […]