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Originally Posted by stonetools
THe Cynical Musician deals with a lot of the popular arguments advanced that place the blame for the decline in sales elsewhere than piracy in this article:
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The Cynical Musician ( who is both a musician and economist)has posted a lot on piracy and using accessible language has devastated the "piracy causes little but no harm" case and the whole "media doesn't need law enforcement but needs new business models, etc" case. Head over there and take a read. |
Not a very good article. Mostly heavily-biased opinion. Didn't even have to read it (though I did!) to figure that out. "That may be true for some people and some albums, but I rather doubt that it is enough to account for the declines. As for “direct correlations” between the sales drop and the introduction of new technology, it is a very dangerous argument to use when the very same technology that made iTunes possible has at the same time spawned the greatest copyright infringement ring in history." alone in your quoted part shows that. Opinion and very heavy-handed spin. Should be dismissed from any even vaguely serious consideration of the subject at hand.