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Illegal File Sharing

The World Intellectual Property Organization just released numbers saying that 40 billion files were illegally shared in 2008. This year is set to have even more files illegally shared. Artists – do not bank on making vast sums of money from your album sales. Stay tuned,Erikerikrostad.comFollow me on Twitter

Free File Sharers = $$$

Interesting article here stating that those horrible file sharers actually spend 75% more on paid downloads than those who don’t illegally download music: “Those who share files are simply more interested in music. They use file sharing as a discovery mechanism. We have a generation of young people who don’t have any concept of music [...]

Where are the Downloading Thiefs?

Illegal downloads of music are down. 42% of 14-18 year olds downloaded music illegally in 2007. By January of this year, that number was down to 26%. Now the RIAA & the record labels would like to think they scared people into not downloading by suing their pants off. Problem is, that didn’t really have [...]

South American Music Downloads

There is some interesting news coming out of Argentina and Brazil regarding music downloads. In Argentina, a wireless carrier has just begun selling song downloads wirelessly and on their website. In Brazil, a website called Discografa was taken down because it had over 1 million users illegally sharing music files. But here is the really [...]

95%

A full 95% of music consumed online is downloaded illegally with no compensation to the artist. 95%! This is according to a new report issued by the IFPI. The represents a number around 40 billion illegal downloads. The IFPI had this to say: “Generating value in an environment where 95 percent of music downloads are [...]