With one goverment study we can debunk the lie created by the music industry about pirates? and their supposedly spin over losses.
* When viewed in the aggreggate (ie. the entire Canadian population), there is no direct relationship between P2P file sharing and CD purchases in Canada. According to the study authors, “the analysis of the entire Canadian…
The Chronicle of Higher Ed got a briefing at RIAA headquarters on how the group catches pirates. They just use LimeWire and other software that pirates use, except that they’ve set up scripts to search for songs, grab IP numbers, and send out notices to college officials. They claim they don’t target specific colleges, though many feel that they do
The LimeWire software allows users who right-click on any song entry and choose “browse host” to see all of the songs that a given file sharer is offering to others for download. The software also lists the IP address of active file…
Benn Jordan (AKA The Flashbulb), a recording artist who uploaded a torrent of his own new album before his fans did, not only outlines the statistics of the donations returning the generocity, but compares them to CD sales after ditching his previous record label deals.
So, did I do good? Is piracy helping my income or hindering it? Well, if you don’t count the cost for gear, hiring musicians, or any of the other expenses that go into making, manufacturing, or shipping an album…I have grossed…
