Monday, April 05, 2004

Maybe Napster Wasn't Evil After All

In the debate over illegal downloading of songs from the Net, the battle cry of the RIAA has been "downloads hurt sales." CD sales have declined over the past few years, as downloading has grown, so one must be the cause of the other, right? Well, maybe not. A non-industry study has found that any relation between downloads and lost sales is minimal at best. It concludes that, for the most part, those who download music for free likely would not have paid for it, anyway.

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