Comments on: Government study proves illegal file sharing increases music sales

By: Meh

Meh — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:44:09 +0000

I could see this being Mostly True…….In Canada.

Survey the U.S., the surveyers will either be shot, or the person will deny he downloaded anything to begin with (them being paranoid, the downloaders that is).

I do actually pay for the songs i download if i like them, i dont buy it via a store, but i buy it online, itunes or napster. (tho i pay for the cards at target), so the music stores are getting left out of all this, but target and apple are definately getting a boost.

Your just looking in the wrong places.

The CD’s are a dieing technology compared to a payed download online (instead of wasting 12 bucks on a album just for one song).

I did the same with fallout 3 the other day, i downloaded it to check it out, liked it, and bought the ps3 version and a computer version (incase i get searched id rather have the legit copy installed than the ripped).

People like me are everywhere, just because you dont see us, doesnt mean we dont exist. And most of us are either quiet and lay low about this kind of a topic (for obvious reasons, we still steal, but in the end we will buy it if its good, if not, to the trash bin it goes).

By: Reginald

Reginald — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:21:12 +0000

what a bunch of baloney. everyone I know spends far less on music these days.

By: Rob Smith

Rob Smith — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:14:37 +0000

Why then are all the music stores going bankrupt and closing? And why then would the entertainment industry have laid off thousands of workers in the last 5 years?
Studies can be bought, manipulated or twisted to achieve a desired conclusion. And a “government” study could mean a bunch of snotty nosed kids made a proposal to the right agency to fund their ‘brilliant” study. We all want free music, yes. But it’s amazing how creative we can be to justify our sometimes inappropriate behaviour.

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:55:00 +0000

I once read a comment @ keiko matsui on a p2p site.
Found several of her songs on a p2p site.
I now own 13 of her albums.

Beating up on your customers is not a way to win friends and influence people.
You are a business only if you have customers,and the recording industry is no doubt loosing a lot of theirs.

By: Mr.MikeL

Mr.MikeL — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:28:30 +0000

just so its clear, this study shows that the more you download the more you buy. among those surveyed that for every 12 songs shared via P2P there was an increase of .44 cds bought. over the entire country there is NO statistical difference caused by the sharing of music on P2P networks. now that still flies in the face of the cria’s claims. but your headline is a just a wee bit misleading.