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Study: Music downloads don’t affect sales

Started by mathewi · 1 year ago

Michael Geist has a post about the results of a recent Canadian government survey of downloading and its effect on music sales, and the study (full text of which is here) came to two conclusions: one was that, in the case of those who download music, there was a slight positive effect o ... Continue reading »

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  • Rob Hyndman

    1 year ago

    I think the inevitable conclusion is that the protagonists behind CRIA are not distinguishable from zeros. But of course I'm not a statistician, so I could be wrong.
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  • Mathew

    1 year ago

    Good one, Rob :-)
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  • Lipo Man

    1 year ago

    Back in the day (~ 2000) when Napster a going concern I downloaded hundreds of songs and never bought a CD.

    I think subscription based services are the best these days, like Zune Pass. Then you can try before you buy. I have bought a few CD's since being exposed to them on the Zune marketplace I would not have purchased otherwise.
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  • Dennis D. McDonald

    1 year ago

    Studies like this are meaningless. Even if they are recealing the truth (which I believe they are) the music distribution corporations will still spread FUD about downloading because they want to have legislatively legalized control over the distribution channels.
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