Study: File sharing boosts music sales

[Czar]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=70&e=1&cid=70&u=/cn/20020503/tc_cn/study__file_sharing_boosts_music_sales

The blatently obvios

 

[vi edit]

Dvorak has a column on this in PC World this month.

When napters started, music sales were up 4% from previous years. When napster was shut down, music sales went down 40%.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

 

[b0mbrman]

Interesting...I wonder what the other variables in this are...

 

[Lucky]

since the answers are self-generated it seems like the results would be difficult to substantiate.

 

[QTPie]

wow, interesting. if it's true, why the record companies want to ban it?

 

[vi edit]

<< wow, interesting. if it's true, why the record companies want to ban it? >>



They have "control" issues.