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In addition, the total CD revenue would be around 3000 (in their scale) more.
3000 x .75 (they are getting 25% of the substitution revenue, they're just losing the 75%) = 2250.
Total drop from peak 12000 (2000) - 3000 (2011) = 9000 total lost amount
2250 (lost revenue from legal download subtitution) / 9000 (total lost revenue) = 25% of the total revenue drop.
Or 25% of the total drop is measurably attributable to legal Download substitution by RIAA's own figures!
Don't be telling me it's all piracy. That's stuff and nonsense.
And that is not even including the big bump in the late 1980's and early 1990's from swapping Vinyl/Cassettes to CD's, which had to inflate CD sales on a short-term basis, among other reasons for the drop.
Last edited by Greg Anos; 02-26-2012 at 01:48 PM.
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