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Originally Posted by Trenien
On the contrary, studies and empirical evidences tend to show that not only it doesn't hurt sales, it actually helps them in the long run
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Fact is, music sales have been going down dramatically. We have reached the lowest numbers since 1993. But since 1993 music consumption has skyrocketed because of the Internet and cheap mp3 players. If more is being consumed but less is being sold, than piracy and other illegal activities account for the difference.
Free music has been available for years (illegal though). Did it help to boost the sales of legal music? No, not a bit, but the contrary.
Alan