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Originally Posted by TheDon
These surveys really have no use though for a range of reasons, the main two being:
1: They do nothing to separate out those who have no interest in music, so the average spend for those that don't download is dragged down by those that just don't care about music, and whilst the average spend might be higher for downloaders, downloaders make up a far bigger proportion of hardcore music fans than non-downloaders, so the average should in all likeliness be even higher. The data is essentially skewed.
2: Nearly everyone who downloads claims to "try before they buy", but very few actually do. It's an easy way to justify your download habits to people.
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sorry but lots of different surveys are showing the same thing the fact that some of the non downloaders may not be interested in music doesn't skew the results in any meaningful way as some of the downloaders wont be interested in music either
i for example don't really bother with music at all but download quite a bit on occasions mostly video
the customer base they need dont listen to music like we used to my kids only ever listen to the radio in the car with me going to school or shops etc
most of the music they hear is on you tube or similar sites or what their friends put on or stuff on X factor etc
they truly do try before they nag me or the wife for the CD
if they had any sense they would start to put their music out there for free on mass at say 128 bit quality and only go after those sharing high quality stuff there after
till then they are fighting a loosing battle that just cost them money they supposedly ( rofl ) don't have because those pesky downloaders pinched it all hmmm
i can quite happily stop them finding me if i want though at the moment i really don't feel the need to hide
if they dont want it on you tube they can get it off there themselves not up to me to police what the kids listen to or download on the highly public sites they ( they dont use the torrents or news groups i use ) use to listen to music or music videos
as far as i am concerned they are already using the try before you buy approach but want to have a way to completely control their market if they get the chance as well ( cake and eat it come to mind )
the video industry seems to be breaking ranks slowly though we have blueray / dvd / mpeg box sets coming out which seem to realize at last that you have a right to view your purchase any way and any where you wish , which is a big change from their original idea of being able to lock your blue ray purchase to being played on 1 blue ray player :O
if they try releasing films online at a lower quality they may find their sales go up too if the movie is good enough
