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Old 02-23-2011, 05:58 PM   #115
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Originally Posted by Barcey View Post
Shouldn't the question be did sales go up or down after DRM was removed? If sales didn't go down why are they paying for it.
I do agree that's a good additional question to ask.

The answer is not straightforward, but basically:
• CD sales revenues are dropping (a constant since 2000).
• Digital sales were rising regularly until last year, when it slowed down. Some believe sales have plateaued, though it may also be too early to say.
• There are some correlations between enforcement activities and lowered rates of piracy, but I don't think anyone can draw a solid conclusion from the data.


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Originally Posted by Barcey
When Amazon started selling MP3's without DRM did their sales go down?
They never sold music with DRM.


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Originally Posted by Barcey
When Apple removed DRM from iTunes did their sales go down?
AFAIK their rates of sales increases were consistent until last year.

Here's a WSJ article with a bit more general background on Amazon vs Apple for music downloads. It doesn't specifically address your questions, but you may find some useful info anyway: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...889536374.html

And a little more stuff....
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/2010...-slower-sales/

http://www.cultofmac.com/report-itun...n-demand/80923

And, for those who like charts: (From the Guardian, Feb 2010)


Note, there may be numerous reasons for these sales figures, including increasing competition from Amazon, economic conditions, more money spent on iOS apps and so forth.
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