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STUDY: '95% of Music Downloads are Illegal'

By soulxtc

IFPI publishes Digital Music Report 2009, rehashing the same mantra that one illegal music download equates to one lost sale. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the organization that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide, has published its new Digital Music Report for 2009 and the numbers once again just don't add up. The IFPI estimates that over 40 billion files were illegally file-shared in 2008, and after subtracting tallied legal music purchases, claims a 95% piracy rate. This is sensationalist nonsense because it implies that their livelihood is dependent upon an elusive 5% that remains. To claim perceived losses in this manner is ridiculous.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on January 26, 2009 (boomark / email).