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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
This one from 2010 confirms the trend of increasing profits despite increased piracy....
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Yes... in the UK only, and because live music revenues in the UK rose. On the rest of the planet, live music revenues actually fell in 2010:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2...t-sales-plunge
And at least part of that is because ticket prices went up by almost 4%.
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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
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Seriously? That's
5 years old. Heck, 1/3 of the survey participants didn't own a portable digital audio player at the time.
Better yet, the article opines that offering "more compelling options" will improve the situation. So far, that doesn't seem to be the case.
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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
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Useful, but as the article itself points out, "The results are not emblematic of publishing overall.... We just don't have enough data."
Mind you, I do believe there are multiple reasons for these drops in sales -- global recession, the loss of format-upgrade revenues. But as I've been saying, a) I don't see yet that offering a convenient DRM-free alternative reduces piracy rates, and b) I don't see the basis for a belief that piracy is completely harmless or purely beneficial.