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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
Much of it discusses legit services, and has a section on piracy. It includes references to multiple studies that indicate that "free" is a top reason why people go to P2P sources; that nations like Spain with lax IP enforcement have high piracy rates; that Sweden enacted a tough IP law (IPRED), and the following year music revenues rose for the first time in years.
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Not exactly unbiased though is it? Unlike the independent research that was carried out and came to the completely opposite conclusion.
If those high profile piracy sites being closed down in the same year isn't responsible for the drop in digital sales, what is? It's not as if music piracy is anything new, so if piracy was to blame why would it only start to happen in that year? If piracy was affecting sales why would sales be rising every other year?
And if "free stuff" is the only motivation for piracy, why are the free music sites not doing as well as the pirate sites?