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kronas · 31-03-2004, 04:12

two university research groups have shown evidence to suggest the RIAA's crusade against p2p users is not warrented.

the harvard business school, and north carolina university have both concluded that sales do affect 'niche' artists, but overall the affect on the bigger artists showed no drop in sales despite huge amounts of file swapping occouring during a 17 week period in which sales vs downloads were measured.

source: yahoo.com

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...4300_2004mar29

the only draw back is there will be some who dont buy because its free.

others buy after downloading.........

31-03-2004, 04:12	#1
kronas Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: heckmondwike Age: 40 Posts: 10,767	filesharing does not harm legitimate cd sales two university research groups have shown evidence to suggest the RIAA's crusade against p2p users is not warrented. the harvard business school, and north carolina university have both concluded that sales do affect 'niche' artists, but overall the affect on the bigger artists showed no drop in sales despite huge amounts of file swapping occouring during a 17 week period in which sales vs downloads were measured. source: yahoo.com http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...4300_2004mar29 the only draw back is there will be some who dont buy because its free. others buy after downloading.........