accroding to research done by Music Programming Ltd 87% of people who respondents to questions say they bought music after listening to it on the net
a MPL spokesman said "Downloading is actually a 'try before you buy' tool for a significant amount of people.
"It allows people to sample new music and decide whether or not to buy it - it is not necessarily a replacement for purchase."
more in the link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...ic/3052145.stm
so whos contradicting who ?