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Originally Posted by stonetools
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His conclusion is stunning: “file-sharing has caused the entire decline in sound recording sales that has occurred since the ascendance of Napster.”
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What an extraordinarily longbow to draw.
Over the last few years I asked my kids (We have five, three daughters and two sons) why they do not buy many CD albums.
The answer almost universally was;
"Dad, because most of the CD is crap and I would rather buy the songs I like."
Yep, they buy one or two songs but NEVER the whole CD, thus a non sale of said CD.
Hello iTunes.
Teenagers these days also share the music they buy, EXACTLY the same as most, if not all of us did thirty years ago, except on different media.
Nothing really changes.
The single exception on the most part is our oldest son who DJ's and bar keeps part time (he is a fourth year law student). He buys vinyl LP's direct from the UK. Are vinyl sales included in RIAA's sales figures? Who knows.... Doubtful, as my son listens to non mainstream stuff.
File sharing has not caused the entire decline in sound recording sales. That is utter bovine excrement, sprouted by the RIAA alongside the claim that each download equals a lost sale.
A shift in buying methodology entirely related to the digital economy has impacted recording sales.