P2P Usage Has Had No Noticeable Effects On The Sale Of Music

February 14th, 2007 • Related • Filed Under

I love Ars Technica as I find it to be one of the most informative tech sites. You don’t get the same repetitive drivel that you can get from some of the so-called top-bloggers (you know who I’m talking about…), who in my view dont’ deserve to be put on a pedastal.

Yesterday Ars Technica produced a great piece on the fact that the illegal music downloads have had no noticeable effect on the sale of music, contary to the claims of the recording industry.

the study matched an extensive sample of music downloads to American music sales data in order to search for causality between illicit downloading and album sales. Analyzing data from the final four months of 2002, the researchers estimated that P2P affected no more than 0.7% of sales in that timeframe.

I’ve always believed that P2P for many users has allowed them to access a wider range of music than they would normally, which has increased the range of their purchases. It certainly did for me when I used to download music on napster. Has it had the same effect for you, or do you just grab as much as you can for free?

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